Chlamys Ledge
| Chlamys Ledge | ||
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| part of | Chopin Ridge | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 9 ′ S , 58 ° 7 ′ W | |
Chlamys Ledge is a 65 m high mountain ridge made of tertiary sandstone on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises in Chopin Ridge above Mazurek Point .
Polish scientists named it in 1988 after the fossil prints of mussels of the genus Chlamys found here .
Web links
- Chlamys Ledge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)