Heth Ridge
| Heth Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Wilson Hills in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 58 ′ S , 159 ° 45 ′ E | |
Heth Ridge is a 5 km long ridge in the north of the Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Wilson Hills it rises 6 km south of the Hornblende Bluffs and near the head end of the Suvorov Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Samuel R. Heth, biologist of the United States Antarctic Research Program at Hallett - Station between 1968 and 1969.
Web links
- Heth Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heth Ridge on geographic.org (English)