Ellis Ridge - Revision history

Westarctica: added geography link

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	[[File:Jenkins-Heights.png\|thumb\|350px\|Map showing Ellis Ridge and surrounding geography]]		[[File:Jenkins-Heights.png\|thumb\|350px\|Map showing Ellis Ridge and surrounding geography]]
	'''Ellis Ridge''' (74°45′S 113°54′W) is an [[ice]]-covered ridge, 10 nautical miles (19 km) long and 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) wide, extending northeast from [[Jenkins Heights]] between Dorchuck Glacier and Keys Glacier, on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].		'''Ellis Ridge''' (74°45′S 113°54′W) is an [[ice]]-covered ridge, 10 nautical miles (19 km) long and 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) wide, extending northeast from [[Jenkins Heights]] between [[Dorchuck Glacier]] and Keys Glacier, on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==

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	==Peerage title==		==Peerage title==
	In 2005, the hereditary title of Baron of Ellis in the [[Peerage of Westarctica]] was bestowed upon a supporter of Westarctica. ~~However, due~~ to the inconsistent record-keeping system used by the Department of Immigration during that time, the actual identity of the Baron ~~remains~~ unknown~~. An extensive search~~ of ~~citizenship records and~~ [[~~Proclamations~~ of ~~Titleage~~]] ~~yielded no relevant information~~.		In 2005, the hereditary title of Baron of Ellis in the [[Peerage of Westarctica]] was bestowed upon Marcellius Smith of Beaverton, Oregon, an early supporter of Westarctica.

			Due to the inconsistent record-keeping system used by the Department of Immigration during that time, the actual identity of the Baron remained unknown until the receipt for his donation was discovered in the papers of the [[Duke of Moulton-Berlin]] just hours before [[Westarctica's 20th Anniversary Celebration]].

	[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

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			[[File:Jenkins-Heights.png\|thumb\|350px\|Map showing Ellis Ridge and surrounding geography]]
	'''Ellis Ridge''' (74°45′S 113°54′W) is an [[ice]]-covered ridge, 10 nautical miles (19 km) long and 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) wide, extending northeast from [[Jenkins Heights]] between Dorchuck Glacier and Keys Glacier, on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].		'''Ellis Ridge''' (74°45′S 113°54′W) is an [[ice]]-covered ridge, 10 nautical miles (19 km) long and 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) wide, extending northeast from [[Jenkins Heights]] between Dorchuck Glacier and Keys Glacier, on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

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'''Ellis Ridge''' (74°45′S 113°54′W) is an [[ice]]-covered ridge, 10 nautical miles (19 km) long and 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) wide, extending northeast from [[Jenkins Heights]] between Dorchuck Glacier and Keys Glacier, on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs taken from 1959–67, also utilizing U.S. Landsat imagery from the 1972–73 season.

Ellis Ridge was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Melvin Y. Ellis, a USGS cartographer who was a member of the USGS satellite surveying team at the [[South Pole]] Station, winter party in 1974.

==Peerage title==
In 2005, the hereditary title of Baron of Ellis in the [[Peerage of Westarctica]] was bestowed upon a supporter of Westarctica. However, due to the inconsistent record-keeping system used by the Department of Immigration during that time, the actual identity of the Baron remains unknown. An extensive search of citizenship records and [[Proclamations of Titleage]] yielded no relevant information.

[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]