Probe Ridge
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 50 ′ S , 68 ° 20 ′ W | |
Probe Ridge is a striking, snow-free and terraced mountain ridge on the east coast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It forms part of the northern flank of the Viking Valley .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1993 after the two spacecraft ( English space probes ) of the US Viking -Programms that on the planet in 1976 Mars had landed.
Web links
- Ridge sample in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Probe Ridge on geographic.org (English)