Wujek Ridge
Wujek Ridge is located in Antarctica
Wujek Ridge
Wujek Ridge
Naming
EtymologyStanley J. Wujek, helicopter pilot who supported the United States Geological Survey
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
AreaQueen Elizabeth Land
Range coordinates82°28′S 50°55′W / 82.467°S 50.917°W / -82.467; -50.917
Parent rangeDufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains

Wujek Ridge is a rock ridge trending north–south and marking the east extent of Davis Valley in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1979 after CWO Stanley J. Wujek, USA, helicopter pilot of the Army Aviation Detachment which supported the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Pensacola Mountains survey, 1965–66.

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82°28′S 50°55′W / 82.467°S 50.917°W / -82.467; -50.917

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