Humphreys Ridge
| Humphreys Ridge | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 7 ′ S , 61 ° 0 ′ E | |
Humphreys Ridge ( Russian Гора Двугорбая Gora Dwugorbaja , German 'Zweibuckelberg' ) is a long, low and snow-covered mountain ridge in the Mac-Robertson Land . It looms in the Goodspeed nunataks of the Prince Charles Mountains .
Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions first sighted them in 1957 and took aerial photographs in 1958 and 1960. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Alan E. Humphreys, chief engineer for the Australian Antarctic Division and head of a team exploring the Prince Charles Mountains in 1972.
Web links
- Humphreys Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)