Davis Ridge
| Davis Ridge | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Mount Jackson massif | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 23 ′ S , 62 ° 58 ′ W | |
Davis Ridge is an irregularly shaped mountain ridge in eastern Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . As an extension of the Mount Jackson massif, it rises 10 km east-southeast from the summit of this mountain.
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after the American biologist Brent L. Davis, who was part of the United States Antarctic Research Program in 1971 at Palmer Station and from 1974 to 1975 worked on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Web links
- Davis Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Davis Ridge on geographic.org (English)