Polygon track
| Polygon track | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 0 ′ S , 126 ° 0 ′ W | |
The Polygon Spur is a massive and non-iced mountain ridge in the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Horlick Mountains, it rises 3 km southeast of the Tillite Spur at the southern end of the Wisconsin Plateau .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The naming was made at the suggestion of the US geologist and glaciologist John H. Mercer (1922-1987), who between 1964 and Worked in this area in 1965 as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program . It is named after the network of disordered polygonal rock structures that cover the mountain ridge.
Web links
- Polygon trace in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Polygon track on geographic.org (English)