Horowitz Ridge

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title: "Horowitz Ridge" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ridges-of-victoria-land", "mcmurdo-dry-valleys"] description: "Mountain ridge in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/ridges-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horowitz_Ridge" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain ridge in Antarctica ::

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Field	Value
country	Antarctica
region_type	Region
region	Victoria Land
length_km
width_km
map	Antarctica
label	Asgard Range
range_coordinates
geology
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| name= | photo= | photo_caption= | country=Antarctica | country_type=Continent | region_type =Region | region=Victoria Land | parent= | border= | coordinates = | length_km= | length_note = | width_km= | width_note = | highest= | elevation_m= | elevation_note= | map = Antarctica | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | label = Asgard Range | label_position = | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_note = | geology= | period=| orogeny= The Horowitz Ridge () is a rock ridge between David Valley and King Valley in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Naming

The Horowitz Ridge was named for Professor Norman Horowitz of the California Institute of Technology, whose interest in the analogy of Antarctica to Mars led him to suggest the value of Victoria Land Dry Valley studies in regard to Martian life detection. The studies were undertaken in 1966–68 by a United States Antarctic Research Program biological party led by Roy E. Cameron, who suggested the naming.

Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/C77198s1_Ant.Map_Taylor_Glacier.jpg" caption="Asgard Range south of center of mapped region"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/C77190s1_Ant.Map_Ross_Island.jpg" caption="East end of Asgard Range south of center"] ::

The Horowitz Ridge lies between King Valley to the northwest and David Valley to the east. The head of the Conrow Glacier, which flows north towards Wright Valley is to the north of the ridge. The head of the Rhone Glacier, which flows southeast towards Taylor Valley, is to the south.

Features

Features near to the ridge include, from south to north:

Mount Darby

Norris Glacier

Kottmeier Mesa

Bromley Peak

Fenrir Valley

Mount Grendal

David Valley

King Valley

Mount Holm-Hansen

Bifrost Ledge

Godwit Glacier

References

Sources

• {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17629 |name=Bifrost Ledge}}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17630 |name=Bromley Peak}}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17645 |name=Godwit Glacier}}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17396 |name=Kottmeier Mesa}}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17639 |name=Mount Darby}}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17388 |name=Mount Holm-Hansen}}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17660 |name=Norris Glacier}}
• {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C77190s1_Ant.Map_Ross_Island.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-13 |title=Ross Island |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
• {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C77198s1_Ant.Map_Taylor_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-13 |title=Taylor Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}

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