Staeffler Ridge
| Staeffler Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 20 ′ S , 162 ° 48 ′ E | |
 Map of Ross Island and the Antarctic Dry Valleys , Staeffler Ridge in the northwest quarter of the map |
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Staeffler Ridge is a long ridge west of Hanson Ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land , which separates the Lower Victoria Glacier from the Greenwood Valley .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after the American topography engineer George R. Staeffler of the United States Geological Survey , who worked at McMurdo Station from 1960 to 1961 .
Web links
- Staeffler Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Staeffler Ridge on geographic.org (English)