Gale Ridge

Gale Ridge (83°41′S 56°27′W / 83.683°S 56.450°W / -83.683; -56.450Coordinates: 83°41′S 56°27′W / 83.683°S 56.450°W / -83.683; -56.450) is a ridge, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, extending northwestward from Mount Dover in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Phillip L. Gale, a meteorologist at Ellsworth Station, winter 1962.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gale Ridge" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).