Yochelson Ridge
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Yochelson Ridge () is a rugged, partly snow-covered ridge, nearly 4 miles (6 km) long, extending north-northwest from Eley Peak, Soholt Peaks, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Ellis L. Yochelson, USGS geologist at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC; paleontologist with the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ellsworth Mountains Expedition, 1979-80.
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