Cemetery Ridge (Heard)

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Cemetery Ridge
location Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands )
Cemetery Ridge (Heard and McDonald Islands)
Cemetery Ridge
Coordinates 53 ° 8 ′  S , 73 ° 43 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′  S , 73 ° 43 ′  E
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Cemetery Ridge ( English for Friedhofsgrat ) is a 30  m high, distinctive and overgrown ridge on the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises above Doppler Hill in the southeast of the island.

It is named after four graves discovered here between 1987 and 1988.

Web links

  • Cemetery Ridge in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)