Baker Ridge
| Baker Ridge | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Neptune Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 20 '25 " S , 55 ° 38' 52" W | |
Berquist Ridge is a 8 km long mountain ridge in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . In the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains , it extends from the northern part of the Washington Escarpment in a westerly direction.
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1956 and 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Clifford E. Baker, aircraft electronics technician at Ellsworth Station in the Antarctic winter of 1958.
Web links
- Baker Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baker Ridge on geographic.org (English)