Platypus Ridge
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 42 ′ S , 163 ° 43 ′ E | |
 Map sheet Ob 'Bay from 1967, Platypus Ridge in the middle of the southern half of the map between Bowers and Anare Mountains |
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Platypus Ridge is a large, 16 km long and ice-covered mountain ridge on the Oates coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . Starting from the Bowers Mountains , it extends in a north-easterly direction along the western flank of the estuary of the Lillie Glacier into Ob 'Bay .
The Australian geodesist Sydney Lorrimar Kirkby (* 1933) determined the exact position of the mountain ridge in February 1962 during a campaign as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after the Australian endemic -based Platypus ( English platypus ).
Web links
- Platypus Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Platypus Ridge on geographic.org (English)