Hanson track
| Hanson track | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Alexandra chain in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 22 ′ S , 164 ° 44 ′ E | |
The Hanson Spur is a 2 km long and flattened mountain ridge in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain , it extends from Mount Falla in a north-westerly direction.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1995 after the geologist Richard E. Hanson of Ohio State University , who carried out field research in the area between 1990 and 1991.
Web links
- Hanson trace in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hanson Spur on geographic.org (English).