Rayner Rib

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Rayner Rib
location Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands )
Rayner Rib (Heard and McDonald Islands)
Rayner Rib
Coordinates 53 ° 9 ′  S , 73 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 9 ′  S , 73 ° 36 ′  E
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Rayner Rib is a 850  m high and narrow ridge on the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises south of Ross Bluff in the Winston Glacier .

It is named after Roy Rayner, helicopter engineer in a campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions to survey the island of Heard in 1980.

Web links

  • Rayner Rib in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)