Gonzalez track
| Gonzalez track | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Olympus Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 30 ′ S , 161 ° 45 ′ E | |
The Gonzales Spur is a 4 km long and 1700 m high mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Olympus Range of the Transantarctic Mountains , it branches off from the Goldich Crest in an east-southeast direction . At its eastern end, it sinks at the edge of the Wright Valley to a height of 500 m and forms the western flank of the Bull Pass .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2004 after Angel Gonzalez, Manager of the United States Antarctic Resource Center at the United States Geological Survey from 1996 to 2004.
Web links
- Gonzales track in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gonzales Spur on geographic.org (English)