Soucek Ravine
| Soucek Ravine | ||
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| location | Ardery Island , Windmill Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Soucek Ravine is a ravine on the Ardery island in the archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It is west of the Penney Ravine .
A team from Wilkes Station discovered them in 1960 during biological studies. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after the Australian physician and polar researcher Zdeněk Souček (1917-1967), who was born in Brno , Czech Republic and who worked at Wilkes Station in 1960 and 1962.
Web links
- Soucek Ravine in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Soucek Ravine on geographic.org (English)