Siefker Ridge
| Siefker Ridge | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 9 ′ S , 85 ° 19 ′ W | |
Siefker Ridge is a 10 km long and up to 1500 m high mountain ridge in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains , it extends from the western part of the Anderson massif in a north-westerly direction.
A team of geologists from the University of Minnesota explored it between 1963 and 1964 and made the name. Namesake is the electrical engineer Dennis R. Siefker of the United States Navy , who was responsible for the operation of the automatic weather station in the base camp of the geology team at the Camp Hills .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Siefker Ridge ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved September 18, 2010.