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	'''Ackerman Ridge''' (86°34′S 147°30′W) is a prominent rock ridge forming the northwest extremity of the [[La Gorce Mountains]] of the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. There are three spurs on the south-western side of Ackerman Ridge, including Surprise Spur.		'''Ackerman Ridge''' (86°34′S 147°30′W) is a prominent rock ridge forming the northwest extremity of the [[La Gorce Mountains]] of the [[Queen Maud Mountains]], just south of [[Robison Glacier]].

			There are three spurs on the south-western side of Ackerman Ridge, including Surprise Spur.

	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	The ridge was discovered and roughly mapped in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under [[Quin Blackburn]]. Ackerman Ridge was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Lieutenant Ronnie J. Ackerman, a navigator with [[U.S. Navy]] Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze in 1965 and 1966.		The ridge was discovered and roughly mapped in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under [[Quin Blackburn]]. Ackerman Ridge was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Lieutenant Ronnie J. Ackerman, a navigator with [[U.S. Navy]] Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze in 1965 and 1966.

			==Peerage Title==
			On 8 October 2023, [[Grand Duke Travis]] bestowed the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] Count of Ackerman upon Adrian Maximo Bentancourt in recognition of his support of [[Westarctica]]. The count's title is named for Ackerman Ridge.

	[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

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	'''Ackerman Ridge''' (86°34′S 147°30′W) is a prominent rock ridge forming the northwest extremity of the [[La Gorce Mountains]] of the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. There are three spurs on the south-western side of Ackerman Ridge, including Surprise Spur.		'''Ackerman Ridge''' (86°34′S 147°30′W) is a prominent rock ridge forming the northwest extremity of the [[La Gorce Mountains]] of the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. There are three spurs on the south-western side of Ackerman Ridge, including Surprise Spur.

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'''Ackerman Ridge''' (86°34′S 147°30′W) is a prominent rock ridge forming the northwest extremity of the [[La Gorce Mountains]] of the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. There are three spurs on the south-western side of Ackerman Ridge, including Surprise Spur.

==Discovery and name==
The ridge was discovered and roughly mapped in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under [[Quin Blackburn]]. Ackerman Ridge was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Lieutenant Ronnie J. Ackerman, a navigator with [[U.S. Navy]] Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze in 1965 and 1966.

[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]