Rosser Ridge
| Rosser Ridge | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Cordiner Peaks , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 46 '8 " S , 53 ° 31' 45" W | |
Rosser Ridge is a 6 km long and rocky mountain ridge in Queen Elizabeth Land in West Antarctica . In the Pensacola Mountains it marks the northern limit of the Cordiner Peaks .
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Earl W. Rosser, a topography engineer in the Pensacola Mountains from 1965 to 1965 1966.
Web links
- Rosser Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rosser Ridge on geographic.org (English)