Dalziel Ridge

Dalziel Ridge

Dalziel Ridge (70°15′S 63°55′W / 70.25°S 63.917°W / -70.25; -63.917) is the primary, western ridge of the Columbia Mountains in Palmer Land. There is considerable exposure of bare rock along the west slopes of the feature. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ian W.D. Dalziel, British geologist now at Columbia University, in several recent seasons (late 1960s to 1976) the principal United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) investigator of the structure and petrology of the Scotia Ridge area.

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