Frazier Ridge (Antarctica)
| Frazier Ridge | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Heritage Range in the Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 9 ′ S , 86 ° 25 ′ W | |
Frazier Ridge is a steep mountain ridge in the Ellsworth Mountains of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Founders Peaks of the Heritage Range, it rises on the west side of the Webster Glacier . It extends in a north-northeast-south-southwest orientation from the Minnesota Glacier in the north to the Founders Escarpment in the south. In the middle part of the ridge is the striking rocky peak of Muir Peak . About 2 km to the west is the parallel Smith Ridge .
A University of Minnesota geological expedition that explored the area in 1963/64 named it after Sergeant Herbert J. Frazier, a radio operator with the 62nd Transportation Detachment who had helped the expedition.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Frazier Ridge ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ Union Glacier ( [1] ), topographic map of the United States Geological Survey , 1966.
- ↑ Muir Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ Smith Ridge ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 14, 2011.