Mount Lockhart () is a prominent northerly projection from the main
massif of the
Fosdick Mountains
The Fosdick Mountains () are an east–west trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of Balchen Glacier at the head of Block Bay, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were discover ...
northeast of
Mount Avers, in the
Ford Ranges of
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centur ...
,
Antarctica. It was discovered by the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition on a flight on December 5, 1929, and was named for
Ernest Earl Lockhart, a physiologist at West Base of the
United States Antarctic Service Expedition and a member of the biological party which visited this area in 1940.
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Further reading
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Antarctic Journal of the United States, Volumes 25-26
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References
Mount Lockhart
Mountains of Marie Byrd Land
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