Mirsky Ledge
| Mirsky Ledge | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Horlick Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 37 ′ S , 111 ° 40 ′ W | |
The Mirsky Ledge is an ice-covered, reef-like ridge about 15 km northeast of Mount Schopf in the Ohio Range . The highest peaks of this formation, the northeastern end of the Horlick Mountains , are:
- Urbanak Peak ( 84 ° 38 ′ S , 111 ° 55 ′ W ): A mountain peak with a prominent rocky point on the north side. It is named after Richard L. Urbanak, a meteorologist at Byrd Station in 1960.
- Iversen Peak ( 84 ° 37 ′ S , 111 ° 26 ′ W ): A mountain peak around 5 km east-northeast of Urbanak Peak. It is named after Frede Iversen, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1960.
The area was geologically investigated between 1958 and 1962 by scientists from the Institute for Polar Research at Ohio State University . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the ridge after Arthur Mirsky († 2012), the then deputy director of the institute.
Web links
- Mirsky Ledge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mirsky Ledge on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urbanak Peak on geographic.org (accessed November 30, 2015).
- ^ Iversen Peak on geographic.org (accessed November 30, 2015).