Skaar Ridge
| Skaar Ridge | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 49 ′ S , 163 ° 15 ′ E | |
Skaar Ridge is a 3 km long ridge in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain , it extends from the southeast side of Mount Augusta in a southeast direction to the Beardmore Glacier .
The southern group around the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton sighted this area in December 1908 in the course of his Nimrod expedition (1907-1909). The ridge is the only place in Antarctica so far in which peat from the Permian of Gondwanaland has been found; this by US geologist James M. Schopf as part of a team from Ohio State University , which was active in this area between 1969 and 1970. The ridge is named after Lieutenant Gerhard E. Skaar (* 1943) of the United States Navy , who flown the helicopter to provide logistical support for the said team.
Web links
- Skaar Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skaar Ridge on geographic.org (English).