Ganymede Heights
| Ganymede Heights | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Ganymede ( 1030 m ) | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 52 ′ S , 68 ° 26 ′ W | |
The Ganymede Heights are a group of more than 600 m high and rounded mountain ridges with numerous rocky outcrops on the east coast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . They loom between the Jupiter Glacier and the Ablation Valley .
The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped them between 1959 and 1960 using satellite images from NASA and with the help of surveys by the United States Geological Survey . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 based on the name of the Jupiter Glacier after the Jupiter moon Ganymede ( English Ganymede ).
Web links
- Ganymede Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ganymede Heights on geographic.org (English)