Handler Ridge
| Handler Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 30 ′ S , 167 ° 0 ′ E | |
Handler Ridge is a 16 km long ridge in the Victory Mountains in East Antarctica Victoria Land . It represents the watershed between the Croll Glacier and the upper section of the Trafalgar Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after the American biochemist Philip Handler (1917-1981), chairman of the National Science Board and President of the National Academy of Sciences .
Web links
- Handler Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Handler Ridge on geographic.org (English)