Horowitz Ridge
| Horowitz Ridge | ||
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| Highest peak | Bromley Peak ( 2020 m ) | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Asgard Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 37 ′ S , 162 ° 5 ′ E | |
Horowitz Ridge is a rocky ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range , it extends between the David Valley and the King Valley . The highest point at 2020 m is Bromley Peak .
It is named after the American biologist Norman Harold Horowitz (1915-2005) from the California Institute of Technology , patron of the study of the Antarctic dry valleys carried out as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program between 1966 and 1968 , which preceded the study of possible life forms on the planet Mars were. The name was given at the suggestion of the US biologist Roy Eugene Cameron (* 1929), who led these investigations on site.
Web links
- Horowitz Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Horowitz Ridge on geographic.org (English)