Dusky Ridge
| Dusky Ridge | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 5 ′ S , 157 ° 2 ′ E | |
Dusky Ridge is an ice-free, 14.5 km long and 3 km wide mountain range in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the Britannia Range of the Transantarctic Mountains , it extends between the Hinton and Lieske glaciers .
The team to explore the Darwin Glacier in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named it as Dusky Mountains ( German Düstere Berge ) because of its appearance. The name was adapted as a result of re-mapping through surveys by the United States Geological Survey and using aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1960 and 1962.
Web links
- Dusky Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dusky Ridge on geographic.org (English)