Salyer Ledge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Salyer Ledge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge (2d)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A bold flat-topped ridge (1300 m) at the W end of The Fortress, the series of ridges and cirques that comprise the W half of Cruzen Range in McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Lt. Cdr. Herbert Salyer, USN, co-pilot and navigator (Cdr. William Hawkes, R4D command pilot), on the Operation Highjump photographic flight of February 20, 1947, during which this ledge and Cruzen Range were observed for the first time and recorded.
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