Himalia Ridge
| Himalia Ridge | ||
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| Highest peak | Himalia Peak ( 650 m ) | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Ganymede Heights | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 50 ′ S , 68 ° 25 ′ W | |
Himalia Ridge is a mountain ridge in the east of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises in an east-west orientation on the north side of Ganymede Heights northeast of the Jupiter Glacier .
The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it in 1960 using aerial photographs taken by the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1985 after Jupiter's moon Himalia .
Web links
- Himalia Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Himalia Ridge on geographic.org (English)