Lockhart Ridge
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Lockhart Ridge is a conspicuous ridge about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, extending west along the south side of Yeats Glacier
and terminating at Shackleton Glacier
. Named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition
(1964–65) for CWO James J. Lockhart, pilot with the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the expedition.
Yeats Glacier
Yeats Glacier is a tributary glacier about 8 miles long, flowing west from the north side of Mount Finley to enter Shackleton Glacier just north of Lockhart Ridge, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition , for Vestal L...
and terminating at Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. The Roberts Massif...
. Named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition
Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition
The Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition took place first from 1962/63 and then again from 1964/65. The expedition, led by F. Alton Wade, was sponsored by Texas Technological College...
(1964–65) for CWO James J. Lockhart, pilot with the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the expedition.