Drury Ridge
| Drury Ridge | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Neptune Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 39 ′ S , 55 ° 45 ′ W | |
Drury Ridge is a mainly snow-covered mountain range in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . In the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains , it extends west of Nelson Peak over a length of 14 km.
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1956 and 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after David L. Drury, a meteorologist at Ellsworth Station in the Antarctic summer between 1959 and 1960 and in 1965 in the winter months of 1961.
Web links
- Drury Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Drury Ridge on geographic.org (English)