Phobos Ridge
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 52 ′ S , 68 ° 28 ′ W | |
Phobos Ridge is an up to 500 m high mountain ridge made of sandstone and slate in the southeast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It forms the west face of the Mars glacier .
The coast around the ridge was first sighted by the American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth during an overflight on November 23, 1935. The resulting aerial photographs were used by the American cartographer WLG Joerg for an initial mapping. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a survey in 1949. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1955 after the Martian moon Phobos .
Web links
- Phobos Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Phobos Ridge on geographic.org (English)