Ruth Ridge
| Ruth Ridge | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Detroit plateaus | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 38 ′ S , 60 ° 52 ′ W | |
Ruth Ridge a black, rocky and 2.5 km long mountain ridge in Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . With a north-south orientation and a small peak at the southern end, it forms the southern extension of the Detroit Plateau . In addition, the ridge marks the change in direction of the terrain level along the Nordenskjöld coast to the west, where that forms the north face of the Drygalski glacier .
The Swedish polar explorer Otto Nordenskjöld named the formation during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903) after his sister Ruth Anna Gunilla Nordenskjöld (1880-1941) as Cape Ruth . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey revealed its true nature in 1947 through its own measurements.
Web links
- Ruth Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ruth Ridge on geographic.org (English)