Hershey Ridge

Hershey Ridge

Hershey Ridge (coord|77|40|S|147|10|W|) is a low, ice-covered ridge trending in a NW-SE direction for about 30 miles (48 km) between McKinley Peak and the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named for Garland Hershey, Asst. State Geologist of the Iowa Geological Survey (1939-47) and Director of the Iowa Geological Survey after 1947.


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