Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Yochelson Ridge (USA) | 79° 36' 00.0" S | 84° 25' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 133928
Place ID: 16375
A rugged, partly snow-covered ridge, nearly 4 mi long, extending NNW from Eley Peak, Soholt Peaks, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN after Ellis L. Yochelson, USGS geologist at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC; paleontologist with the USARP Ellsworth Mountains Expedition, 1979-80. |
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