Gregory Ridge
| Gregory Ridge | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 3 ′ S , 157 ° 46 ′ W | |
The Gregory Ridge is a ridge in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains , it extends from the northern Fram Mesa in a westerly direction and ends on the eastern flank of the Amundsen Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Lieutenant Commander Nelson Bruce Gregory (* 1933), a pilot on flights to create Aerial photographs taken during Operation Deep Freeze in 1965.
Web links
- Gregory Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gregory Ridge on geographic.org (English)