Svensson Ridge
| Svensson Ridge | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 11 ′ S , 64 ° 29 ′ E | |
Svensson Ridge is a rocky ridge in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the Athos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises 1.5 km northwest of Mount Starlight .
Aerial photographs and surveys of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1955 to 1965 were used for mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Alf Åke Svensson, a weather observer at Davis Station in 1964.
Web links
- Svensson Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Svensson Ridge on geographic.org (English)