Crain Ridge
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 45 ′ S , 63 ° 50 ′ W | |
Crain Ridge is a mountain ridge in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Latady Mountains, it towers along the northern flank of the Strange Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from the years 1961 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Harold D. K. Crain (* 1937), responsible for the supplies on the Amundsen- Scott South Pole Station in the Antarctic winter of 1967.
Web links
- Crain Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Crain Ridge on geographic.org (English)