Solem Ridge
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 13 ′ S , 63 ° 14 ′ W | |
Solem Ridge is a snowy, curved, 1,800 m high and 6 km long mountain ridge in the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 16 km north-northeast of Mount Jackson .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after Lieutenant Lynn D. Solem of the United States Navy , a physician at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1972.
Web links
- Solem Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Solem Ridge on geographic.org (English)