Pillar Ridge

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Pillar Ridge
location Clarence Island ( South Shetland Islands )
Pillar Ridge (South Shetland Islands)
Pillar Ridge
Coordinates 61 ° 17 ′  S , 54 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 61 ° 17 ′  S , 54 ° 14 ′  W
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Pillar Ridge (from English pillar , pillar, pillar ' ) is a mountain ridge in the southwest of Clarence Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It extends in a southeast-northwest orientation and ends in Pillar Point .

Scientists from the British Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group (JSEEIG, 1976-1977) named it descriptively.

Web links

  • Pillar Ridge . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)