Trinity Ridge
| Trinity Ridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 53 ° 7 ′ S , 73 ° 35 ′ E | |
Trinity Ridge is a ridge on Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises in an east-west orientation south of Long Ridge and west of Graham Ridge .
It is named after the Bark Trinity , which ran aground in a heavy storm near the Elephant Spit on October 17, 1880 and had a wreck . 29 survivors of the accident were rescued 452 days later on January 12, 1882 by the steam-powered corvette USS Marion .
Web links
- Trinity Ridge in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)