Charrúa Ridge
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 39 ′ S , 60 ° 21 ′ W | |
Charrúa Ridge ( Spanish Monte Charrúa ) is an up to 340 m high mountain ridge with an east-west orientation on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises on the northeast side of Johnson's Dock Bay on the Hurd Peninsula .
The name Monte Charrúa can be found for the first time on an Argentine map from 1954. It is named after the Charrúa , a previously named Marietta listed tug of the United States Navy , which was used in 1947 lasted until 1948 Argentine Antarctic expedition. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the name to English in 1991, adapting it to the nature of the object.
Web links
- Charrúa Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Charrúa Ridge on geographic.org (English)