Robertson Ridge
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Robertson Ridge is a ridge circumscribing the northwest part of Clark Glacier
in Victoria Land
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for James D. Robertson, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geophysicist at Byrd Station
, 1970-71 season; he participated in the geophysical survey of the Ross Ice Shelf
in the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons.
Clark Glacier
Clark Glacier is an 8-mile-long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads northwest to its 1961 terminus at the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, 78 miles northwest of Hoonah, Alaska. It was named by W. O. Field and W. S...
in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for James D. Robertson, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geophysicist at Byrd Station
Byrd Station
Byrd Station refers to a research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by the U.S. Navy during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica at 80°, 120°W...
, 1970-71 season; he participated in the geophysical survey of the Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
in the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons.