Salyer Ledge
| Salyer Ledge | ||
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| height | 1300 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Cruzen Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 17 ′ 12 ″ S , 160 ° 49 ′ 35 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Salyer Ledge is a 1,300 m high and flattened mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located at the western end of the formation The Fortress , the plateau consisting of a series of mountain ridges and basins that occupies the western half of the Cruzen Range in the Antarctic Dry Valleys .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 2005 after Lieutenant Commander Herbert Lee Salyer Jr. (1916-1999) of the United States Navy , who was co-pilot and navigator with Commander William Michael Hawkes (1910-1994) on February 20, 1947 in As part of Operation Highjump (1946-1947) undertook an aerial reconnaissance flight during which the Cruzen Range was first sighted and mapped.
Web links
- Salyer Ledge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Salyer Ledge on geographic.org (English)