Lewis Ridge
| Lewis Ridge | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 13 ′ S , 167 ° 35 ′ E | |
 Map with Holland Range and Queen Alexandra chain , Lewis Ridge in the southeastern part of the northwestern quarter |
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Lewis Ridge is a rugged, ice-covered and 23 km long mountain ridge in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Transantarctic Mountains , it extends east of the Holland Range between the Morton Glacier and the Hewitt Glacier and ends on the Shackleton Coast at Richards Inlet in front of the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Commander George H. Lewis of the United States Navy , the captain of the USS Burton Island during Operation Deep Freeze in 1964.
Web links
- Lewis Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lewis Ridge on geographic.org (English).