Wells Ridge
| Wells Ridge | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Ford Ranges | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 58 ′ S , 144 ° 45 ′ W | |
Wells Ridge is a 6 km long and rocky mountain ridge in Marie Byrd Land, East Antarctica . In the Ford Ranges it looms between the Swanson Mountains and Mount Gilmour .
Participants of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered it during an overflight and mapped it. The ridge is named after Loran Wells (1904–1981), who visited him on this expedition in 1940 as a photographer and observer for a team of geologists.
Web links
- Wells Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wells Ridge on geographic.org (English)