Hudson Ridge
| Hudson Ridge | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Neptune Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 47 ′ S , 56 ° 36 ′ W | |
Hudson Ridge is a 8 km long and narrow mountain ridge in Queen Elizabeth Land in West Antarctica . In the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, it rises 6 km north of the Heiser Ridge .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Peter M. Hudson, aircraft engineer at Ellsworth Station in the Antarctic winter of 1958.
Web links
- Hudson Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hudson Ridge on geographic.org (English)