Gorky back
| Gorky back | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 37 ′ S , 11 ° 37 ′ E | |
The Gorky Ridge ( Russian Хребе́т Горького Chrebet Gorkowo ) is a 13 km long mountain ridge in the Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains it forms the east face of the valley In der Schüssel .
It was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . New mapping was carried out by means of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) and by scientists from a Soviet Antarctic expedition (1960–1961). The latter named the ridge after the Russian writer Maxim Gorki (1868-1936).
Web links
- Gorki Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gorki Ridge on geographic.org (English)