Grikurov Ridge
| Grikurov Ridge | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| part of | LeMay Range | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 17 ′ S , 68 ° 57 ′ W | |
Grikurov Ridge is a mountain ridge on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . At the southern end of the LeMay Range , it extends over a length of 10 km in a westerly direction.
Trimetrogon recordings by the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) and measurements by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey between 1948 and 1950 were used to map it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 after the Russian geologist Garrik E. Grikurow (* 1934), who was an exchange scientist for the British Antarctic Survey between 1963 and 1964 in this area.
Web links
- Grikurov Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grikurov Ridge on geographic.org (English)