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[[File:Williamson Ridge Map.png|thumb|Map of Toney Mountain showing Williamson Ridge]]
'''Williamson Ridge''' (75°47′S 116°45′W) is a low snow-covered ridge, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 2 to 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, that forms a western extension of [[Toney Mountain]] in [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and naming==
It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–71. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Paul R. Williamson, ionospheric physicist from the University of Denver, who was stationed at [[Byrd Station]] in two austral summers, 1967–68 and 1969–70.

While there, he conducted a series of high altitude balloon experiments.

==Marquis of Williamson==
On 20 March 2005, shortly following the official release of the first coin minted by the [[Central Bank of Westarctica]], [[Grand Duke Travis]] granted [[Duke of Sherman|Jorge Fernandez Vidal]] the title "Marquis of Williamson," so-named for Williamson Ridge.

[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

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