Parish Ledge
| Parish Ledge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Olympus Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 28 ′ S , 161 ° 31 ′ E | |
Parish Ledge is a mountain ridge up to 1642 m high in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Olympus Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises on the east side of the Bratina Valley .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2004 after the US atmospheric researcher Thomas R. Parish from the University of Wyoming , who carried out studies on the katabatic winds in Antarctica between 1981 and 1997 as part of the United States Antarctic Program .
Web links
- Parish Ledge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Parish Ledge on geographic.org (English)