Phobos Ridge

Phobos Ridge is a rocky ridge of sandstones and shales forming the west side of Mars Glacier in the southeast corner of Alexander Island, in the British Antarctic Territory.

The coast in this vicinity was first seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on 23 November 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. This ridge was first surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey.

The ridge was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for its association with adjacent Mars Glacier, Phobos being the inner of the two moons of the planet Mars, the fourth planet of the Solar System.

See also

• Arenite Ridge
• Himalia Ridge
• Offset Ridge

Location

• Location map: 71°52’0"S, 68°30’0"W

Refernces

• Gazetteer and Map of the BAT and SGSSI: Phobos Ridge