Andersson Ridge
| Andersson Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Eisenhower Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 43 ′ S , 162 ° 37 ′ E | |
Andersson Ridge is a 6.5 km long ridge in East Antarctica Victoria Land . It rises in the southern Eisenhower Range and forms the north face of the Reeves Glacier between the confluences of the Anderton and Carnein glaciers .
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 1955 and 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Lars E. Andersson, Swedish researcher of cosmic rays at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctic winter 1966.
Web links
- Andersson Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Andersson Ridge on geographic.org (English)