Offset Ridge
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 40 ′ S , 68 ° 31 ′ W | |
Offset Ridge (English for offset ridge ) is a mountain ridge in the east of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It extends from Triton Point between the Venus and Neptune glaciers in a westerly direction.
The British Directorate of Overseas Surveys mapped it in collaboration with the United States Geological Survey using satellite images from NASA . The ridge splits into two offset ridges halfway through . This was taken up by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1974 with the descriptive naming of the mountain ridge.
Web links
- Offset Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Offset Ridge on geographic.org (English)