Washington Ridge
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 Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with Washington Ridge (bottom left) |
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| Highest peak | nameless ( 430 m ) | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Rockefeller Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 6 ′ S , 154 ° 48 ′ W | |
Washington Ridge is a ridge with three peaks up to 430 m in height in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . On the Edward VII Peninsula, it rises 2.5 km southeast of Mount Franklin in the southern group of the Rockefeller Mountains .
Participants of the American Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1920-1930) discovered the mountain ridge during a flyover on January 27, 1929. Expedition leader Richard Evelyn Byrd named him after his niece Helen A. Washington.
Web links
- Washington Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Washington Ridge on geographic.org (English)