Boyn Ridge
| Boyn Ridge | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Havre Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 7 ′ S , 71 ° 49 ′ W | |
Boyn Ridge is the northernmost ridge of the Havre Mountains in the north of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
The British Antarctic Survey carried out geological work here between 1976 and 1977. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the ridge in 1980 after the Scottish native Charles Nicol Boyn (1850–1923), director of the Agence General Maritime de France , who was responsible for the construction of the Pourquoi Pas? supervised for the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of his friend, polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot .
Web links
- Boyn Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Boyn Ridge on geographic.org (English)