Black Ridge
| Black Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Deep Freeze Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 24 ′ S , 163 ° 36 ′ E | |
Black Ridge (English for Black Mountain Ridge ) is a striking, 11 km long and 1500 m high mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It looms in the Deep Freeze Range and forms the watershed between Priestley and Corner Glaciers .
The northern group of the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) explored the ridge for the first time and named it descriptively after its appearance.
Web links
- Black Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Black Ridge on geographic.org (English)