Ford Massif
| Ford Massif | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Thiel Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 5 ′ S , 91 ° 0 ′ W | |
The Ford-solid is a wide, provided with snowy and mainly flattened peaks solid , which over a length of approximately 25 kilometers and a width of about 8 kilometers, the scenic striking formation of the northern Thiel Mountains on the border of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Lands represents to Ellsworthland . It rises up to 2810 m and, apart from the south side, has foothills in the form of steep, rocky cliffs .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1962 after the geologist Arthur B. Ford (* 1932) of the United States Geological Survey , who led several groups between 1960 and 1979 to study this area and the Pensacola Mountains in Queen Elizabeth Land.
Web links
- Ford Massif in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ford Massif on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 571 (English).