Taylor Ridge

Taylor Ridge (

85°48′S 153°21′W / 85.800°S 153.350°W / -85.800; -153.350Coordinates: 85°48′S 153°21′W / 85.800°S 153.350°W / -85.800; -153.350) is a rock ridge, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, forming a precipitous wall along the west side of Scott Glacier between the mouths of Koerwitz and Vaughan Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under in 1934. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John H. Taylor, ionospheric physicist with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966.

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