Horton Ledge
| Horton Ledge | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 85 ° 41 ′ S , 69 ° 5 ′ W | |
Horton Ledge is a flattened mountain ridge in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . It marks the southwestern extension of the Pecora Escarpment at the southwestern end of the Pensacola Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Edward C. Horton Jr., an electrical engineer at the plateau station in the Antarctic winter of 1966.
Web links
- Horton Ledge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Horton Ledge on geographic.org (English)