Elliott Ridge
| Elliott Ridge | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 58 ′ S , 56 ° 51 ′ W | |
Elliott Ridge is a 13 km long, hook-shaped mountain ridge in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . In the southern Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains , it extends from Vienna's Peak in a westerly direction.
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1956 and 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1965 after Commander James Elliott, captain of the icebreaker USCGC Staten Island to support the transport ship USS Wyandot during the journey through the Weddell Sea to build Ellsworth Station on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in January 1957.
Web links
- Elliott Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Elliott Ridge on geographic.org (English)