Ronald Ridge
| Ronald Ridge | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 37 ′ S , 83 ° 20 ′ W | |
Ronald Ridge is a 8 km long and narrow mountain ridge in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, it rises 1.5 km west of Donald Ridge , which resembles it, in Pioneer Heights .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from the years 1961 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Ronald C. Taylor, meteorologist at Little America V in the year 1957.
Web links
- Ronald Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ronald Ridge on geographic.org (English)