Rotting ridge
| Rotting ridge | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Kohler Range | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 2 ′ S , 115 ° 0 ′ W | |
 Topographic map of the Kohler Range (above) with the Faulkender Ridge |
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Rotten Ridge is a 19 km long and icy mountain ridge in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the northwest section of the Kohler Range, it rises west of the Horrall Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after DeWayne J. Faulkender (1934-1989), topography engineer of the USGS to explore the Marie-Byrd-Land between 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Faulkender Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rotten Ridge on geographic.org