Coral Ridge
| Coral Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Taylor Valley in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 35 ′ S , 163 ° 25 ′ E | |
Coral Ridge (English for coral ridge ) is a 100 m high mountain ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises with a north-south orientation as a transverse arch to the axis of the Taylor Valley and forms the watershed between the Fryxellsee in the west and the Explorers Cove on the Scott coast in the east.
In the course of joint studies, teams from the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program and the United States Antarctic Research Program found large deposits of individual coral fossils that give the mountain ridge its name. It was named at the suggestion of geologist Donald P. Elston from the United States Geological Survey , who worked here in two summer campaigns between 1979 and 1981.
Web links
- Coral Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Coral Ridge on geographic.org (English)