Porphyry Ridge
| Porphyry Ridge | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 54 ′ S , 62 ° 50 ′ W | |
| rock | porphyry | |
Porphyry Ridge is a long ridge on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends east of the Almirante Brown station between the Porphyry Glacier on one side and Skontorp Cove and Avalanche Glacier on the other.
Polish scientists named it in 1999 after the porphyry rock of which it is mainly composed.
Web links
- Porphyry Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)