Mount Lockhart

Mount Lockhart

Mount Lockhart (76°28′S 145°6′W / 76.467°S 145.1°W / -76.467; -145.1) is a prominent northerly projection from the main massif of the Fosdick Mountains 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Avers, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on a flight on December 5, 1929. Named for Ernest Earl Lockhart, 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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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Lockhart" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).