Hicks Ridge
| Hicks Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Bowers Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 9 ′ S , 162 ° 40 ′ E | |
Hicks Ridge is a rugged mountain ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Explorers Range of the Bowers Mountains , it looms between Mount Soza and the Morley Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Thomas Hicks, cook at McMurdo Station in the Antarctic winter of 1967.
Web links
- Hicks Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hicks Ridge on geographic.org (English)