Watts Ridge
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location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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Coordinates | 84 ° 45 ′ S , 173 ° 47 ′ W |
Watt Ridge is an 11 km long mountain ridge in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Prince Olav Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains , it extends from Mount Llano in a northwesterly direction to the eastern flank of the Barrett Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Lieutenant Commander Robert C. Watt of the United States Navy , supply officer in Operation Deep Freeze in 1964.
Web links
- Watt Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Watt Ridge on geographic.org (English)