Menelaus Ridge
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| Menelaus Ridge | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Range: | Achæan Range | ||
| Anvers Island | |||
| Summit: | 4,100 feet 64°35’31"S, 63°37’19"W | ||
Menelaus Ridge is a snow-covered ridge having four small summits at about 4,100 feet, between Mount Agamemnon and Mount Helen in the Achæan Range of central Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory.
The ridge was surveyed in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, in association with other names in the area, for Menelaus King of Sparta, husband of Helen of Troy and younger brother of King Agamemnon of Mycenae in Greek legend. It is one of a series of names from Homer's Iliad in this part of Anvers Island.