Gardiner Ridge
Aerial view of the Ames Range, Gardiner Ridge connects Mount Kauffman at the righthandend of the chain, to Mount Kosciuosko to its left.
Highest point
Coordinates75°39′S 132°26′W / 75.650°S 132.433°W / -75.650; -132.433
Geography
Gardiner Ridge is located in Antarctica
Gardiner Ridge
Gardiner Ridge
Position in Antarctica
LocationMarie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeAmes Range

Gardiner Ridge is a ridge extending from Mount Kauffman to Mount Kosciusko in the Ames Range of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James E. Gardiner, U.S. Navy, a Construction Driver and member of the Army–Navy Trail Party which blazed trail from Little America V to establish Byrd Station in 1956.[1]

Topographic map of the Ames Range (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Kosciusko

References

  1. "Gardiner Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-17.

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