Anderson Ridge
| Anderson Ridge | ||
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| location | Marie-Byrd-Land , West Antarctica (politically: Ross Dependency ) | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 47 ′ S , 155 ° 24 ′ W | |
Anderson Ridge is a 3 km long ridge in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . It rises above the middle of the head end of the Koerwitz Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Arthur J. Anderson, a meteorologist at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the Antarctic winter of 1960 .
Web links
- Anderson Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Anderson Ridge on geographic.org (English)