Himalia Ridge
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Himalia Ridge is a ridge running east–west on the north side of the Ganymede Heights massif, north-east of Jupiter Glacier, in the east of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory.
The ridge was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947 and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960. The ridge was named following British Antarctic Survey geological work, 1983–84, after Himalia, a moon of the planet Jupiter, in association with Jupiter Glacier. The site lies within the 'Ablation Point – Ganymede Heights Antarctic Specially Protected Area' (ASPA No.147).[1]
Location
- Location map: 70°50’1"S, 68°25’0"W
See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Himalia Ridge