Silva Ridge
| Silva Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mesa Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 59 ′ S , 162 ° 17 ′ E | |
Silva Ridge is a mountain ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Mesa Range it leads to the summit of Sheehan Mesa on its northeastern side.
Scientists in a campaign from 1962 to 1963 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the Latin word for " forest ". The background to this name are tree fossils that were found in the middle of the mountain ridge.
Web links
- Silva Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Silva Ridge on geographic.org (English)