Milan Ridge
| Milan Ridge | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Miller Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 15 ′ S , 156 ° 8 ′ E | |
Milan Ridge is a mainly ice-free mountain ridge 8 km in length in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flanks the Ascent Glacier to the west in the Miller Range .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the formation in 1966 after Frederick Arthur Milan (1924-1995), who worked in 1957 as a physiologist at Little America V station .
Web links
- Milan Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Milan Ridge on geographic.org (English).