Ridge A
Coordinates: 81 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 73 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E
Ridge A is a place in Antarctica that Australian and US researchers working with Will Saunders described in 2009 as "the coldest, driest and at the same time the quietest place in the world".
The course is about 4000 m above sea level at 81.5 degrees south and 73.5 degrees east. The average temperature there in winter is −70 ° Celsius, the water content of the air is negligible.
The High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz (HEAT) telescope has been on Ridge A since January 2012. It is a small telescope used by American and Australian astronomers.
See also
Web links
Wikivoyage: Ridge A - Travel Guide
credentials
- ↑ Christine Amrhein: Observatory in the ice desert. In: Wissenschaft.de. September 2, 2009, accessed September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Will Saunders, Jon S. Lawrence, John WV Storey, Michael CB Ashley, Seiji Kato, Patrick Minnis, David M. Winker, Guiping Liu, Craig Kulesa: Where is the best site on Earth? Domes A, B, C and F, and Ridges A and B (PDF; 2.8 MB), PASP, 121, 976-992, 2009
- ↑ Geoff Sims, Craig Kulesa, Michael CB Ashley, Jon S. Lawrence, Will Saunders, John WV Storey: Where is Ridge A? In: Proceedings of SPIE . tape 8444 , September 17, 2012, doi : 10.1117 / 12.925512 (English).