Berquist Ridge
| Berquist 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 ° 31 ′ S , 56 ° 15 ′ W | |
Berquist Ridge is a winding mountain ridge up to 1055 m high and in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . In the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains , it extends from the connection point with the Madey Ridge in a westerly direction over a length of 13 km.
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1956 and 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Robert M. Berquist, photographer at Ellsworth Station in the Antarctic winter of 1958.
Web links
- Berquist Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Berquist Ridge on geographic.org (English)