Drury Ridge

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Drury Ridge rises to 4,216 feet to the west of the Washington Escarpment within the Neptune Range, part of the Pensacola Mountains of Queen Elizabeth Land in the British Antarctic Territory. It extends for nive nautical miles, extending west from Nelson Peak

The ridge was surveyed from the ground by the United States Geological Survey, 1963-64, and photographed from the air by the United States Navy in 1964. It is named after David L. Drury, the United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist, 'Ellsworth Station', summer 1959-60, winter 1961.

Location

Reference

  • Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Drury Ridge