Zeus Ridge
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| location | Anvers Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 35 ′ S , 63 ° 32 ′ W | |
Zeus Ridge is a rugged, steep-walled and icy mountain ridge in the center of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends from Mount Français in a north-westerly direction between the Achaean Range and the Trojan Range . According to the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names it is over 1675 m high, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gives its height at around 1250 m .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey conducted surveys in 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1957 after Zeus , the father of gods from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Zeus Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Zeus Ridge on geographic.org (English)