Swinnerton Ledge
| Swinnerton Ledge | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Read Mountains in the Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 43 ′ S , 22 ° 28 ′ W | |
Swinnerton Ledge is a 1500 m high mountain ridge with a flattened summit in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range, it marks the eastern end of the Read Mountains .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on January 5, 1972 after the British geologist and paleontologist Henry Hurd Swinnerton (1876-1966) of the University Colledge of Nottingham , from 1938 to 1940 President of the Geological Society of London .
Web links
- Swinnerton Ledge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Swinnerton Ledge on geographic.org (English)