Reed Ridge
| Reed Ridge | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Thiel Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 2 ′ S , 91 ° 40 ′ W | |
Reed Ridge is a flattened and snow-covered mountain ridge in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . It extends from the western section of the Ford massif in the Thiel Mountains over a length of 5 km in a north-westerly direction and forms the west face of the Compton Valley .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the ridge using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1959 and 1961. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the formation in 1962 after Dale R. Reed, an ionospheric researcher at Ellsworth Station in 1958 and on Byrd Station in 1960.
Web links
- Reed Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Reed Ridge on geographic.org (English)