Ricker Canyon
| Ricker Canyon | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 84 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 115 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Type | Canyon | |
The Ricker Canyon is a steep-walled and icy gorge in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains , it is on the north side of the Buckeye Table between Darling Ridge and the Schulthess Buttress .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the canyon in 1962 after John F. Ricker, a geologist on a team at Ohio State University who explored the Horlick Mountains between 1961 and 1962.
Web links
- Ricker Canyon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ricker Canyon on geographic.org (English)