Chittleborough Ridge
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 2 ′ S , 73 ° 31 ′ E | |
Chittleborough Ridge is a 400 m high and rocky ridge on the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . Above Mechanics Bay , it separates the Mary Powell from the Downes glacier .
It is named after the biologist Graham Chittleborough (1927–2012), who was involved in a 1949 campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in the biological exploration of the north coast of Heard.
Web links
- Chittleborough Ridge in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)