Ganymede Heights

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The Ganymede Heights are a mountain massif on Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory, which consists of rounded ridges with extensive rock outcrops rising to about 2,460 feet. It stands between Jupiter Glacier and Ablation Valley on the eastern side of the island overlooking the George VI Sound.

The heights were photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1959; following surveys by the British Antarctic Survey from "Fossil Bluff", 1961-73. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee from association with Jupiter Glacier after Ganymede, one of the satellites of the planet Jupiter. The feature also lies close to the Galileo Cliffs, which were named for the moon's discoverer, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).

The site lies within the 'Ablation Point – Ganymede Heights Antarctic Specially Protected Area' ('ASPA No.147)'.[1]

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  1. "Ablation Valley and Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island". Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 147: Measure 1. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2002. http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt/Att188_e.pdf.