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.
Pat Robertson | Blue Ridge Mountains | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | Robertson Davies | Robbie Robertson | Tom Ridge | Oak Ridge | Robertson | Phil Robertson | Oscar Robertson | Cliff Robertson | Maple Ridge, British Columbia | Heartbreak Ridge | George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen | Blue Ridge Parkway | Basking Ridge, New Jersey | Shari Robertson | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pine Ridge Indian Reservation | Johnston Forbes-Robertson | Geoffrey Robertson | Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania | William Robertson Coe | William Robertson | Ridge Racer 7 | ridge | Maple Ridge | John S. Robertson | James Robertson Justice |