Matsch Ridge

Matsch Ridge

Matsch Ridge (77°34′S 86°20′W / 77.567°S 86.333°W / -77.567; -86.333) is a prominent ridge at an elevation of about 1,830 m, extending 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) in a west-northwest direction from Mount Ulmer, Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1982 after Charles Matsch, Professor of Geology, University of Minnesota, Duluth, who as a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ellsworth Mountains Expedition, 1979–80, worked at this ridge.

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