Himalia Ridge is a ridge running east–west on the north side of the Ganymede Heights massif, north-east of Jupiter Glacier, in the east of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947 and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960. The ridge was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee following British Antarctic Survey geological work, 1983–84, after Himalia, a satellite of the planet Jupiter, in association with Jupiter Glacier.[1][2]
The site lies within Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.147.[3]
Himalia Ridge is the namesake and type locality of the Cretaceous Himalia Ridge Formation.[4]
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edit- ^ "Himalia Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ Stewart, J., 2011. Antarctica: An Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. Jefferson, North Carolina and London, McFarland & Company, Inc. 1771 pp. ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6
- ^ "Ablation Valley and Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 147: Measure 1. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2002. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Butterworth, P.J., Crame, J.A., Howlett, P.J. and Macdonald, D.I.M., 1988. Lithostratigraphy of Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous strata of eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research , 9(3), pp.249-264.
70°50′S 68°27′W / 70.833°S 68.450°W
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