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Aldridge Peak
Aldridge Peak
is a
peak
on the
ridge
between
Hearfield Glacier
and
Trafalgar Glacier
in the
Victory Mountains
,
situated
on the
Borchgrevink Coast
, named for Anglo-Norwegian explorer
Carsten Borchgrevink
,
Victoria Land
,
Antarctica
.
The peak
was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from surveys and U.S.
Navy
air
photos
in 1960–62 and named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for
James
A. Aldridge,
aviation machinist's mate
with U.S. Navy Squadron
VX-6
at
McMurdo Station
, 1967.