Berquist Ridge is a curving ridge, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, trending west from its juncture with Madey Ridge 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 Robert M. Berquist, a photographer at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Berquist Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-06-10.

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83°31′S 56°30′W / 83.517°S 56.500°W / -83.517; -56.500


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