Hanson Ridge

Hanson Ridge (77°17′S 163°18′E) is a prominent ice-free ridge situated 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Spike Cape, near the center of Wilson Piedmont Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The feature was marked as "Black Ridge" on maps of the British Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott, 1910–13, but there is already a Black Ridge in Victoria Land. In order to avoid identical names it was renamed in 1964 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Kirby J. Hanson, a meteorologist at the South Pole Station, 1958.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from "Hanson Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.