Simon Ridge
| Simon Ridge | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 3 ′ S , 65 ° 30 ′ E | |
Simon Ridge is a rocky and arched mountain ridge in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the Prince Charles Mountains it rises about 13 km southeast of the Husky massif .
1960 aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions were used for mapping purposes. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Maxime Jean Simon, a radio operator on Wilkes Station in 1962.
Web links
- Simon Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Simon Ridge on geographic.org (English)