Baker Ridge

This article is about the ridge in Antarctica. For the community in the United States, see Baker Ridge, West Virginia.

Baker Ridge is a ridge extending west for 5 nautical miles (9 km) from the northern part of the Washington Escarpment in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Clifford E. Baker, an aviation electronics technician at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Baker Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-18.

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

Coordinates: 83°20′S 55°40′W / 83.333°S 55.667°W / -83.333; -55.667


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