Dunbar Ridge

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Coordinates: 79 ° 33 ′  S , 84 ° 16 ′  W

Relief Map: Antarctica
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Dunbar Ridge​
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Dunbar Ridge is a narrow and 16 km long mountain ridge in the West Antarctic Heritage Range . The ridge extends in a north-southeast direction and separates the Balish Glacier in the west from the Schneider Glacier in the east. At the southern tip is the 1670  m high Hessler Peak .

Dunbar Ridge got its name from a University of Minnesota research expedition in the summer of 1963-64 that named the ridge after Warrant Officer William Dunbar, a maintenance officer of the 62nd Transportation Detachment who assisted the expedition.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dunbar Ridge ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ Hessler Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.