Asman Ridge
Asman Ridge | ||
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location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
part of | Ford Ranges | |
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Coordinates | 77 ° 10 ′ S , 144 ° 48 ′ W | |
Map sheet Boyd Glacier from 1969, Asman Ridge there as part of the Sarnoff Mountains east of the center of the northern edge of the map |
Asman Ridge is a 10 km long mountain range in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . It rises up in the Ford Ranges just north of the Bailey Ridge on the southern flank of Arthur Glacier .
It was discovered in 1934 during overflights during the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1934) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Participants of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) named him after Adam Asman (1907–1971), a member of the team on the west base on this expedition.
Web links
- Asman Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Asman Ridge on geographic.org (English)