Williams Ridge () is a conspicuous rock ridge, 1,060 m, extending east–west between
Blaiklock and
Stratton Glacier
Stratton Glacier () is a glacier 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing north from Pointer Nunatak and then northwest to the north of Mount Weston, in the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedit ...
s, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of
Honnywill Peak
Honnywill Peak () is a rock peak, high, immediately southeast of Williams Ridge on the west side of Stratton Glacier in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and was named f ...
in the west part of the
Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
and named for Sgt.
Ellis Williams
Ellis E. Williams (born June 28, 1951) is an American film and television actor/comedian who is better known for playing "Henry Hughley" (father of Darryl Hughley, played by comedian D.L. Hughley) on the sitcom, ''The Hughleys''.
Early life
Wi ...
, RAF, radio operator with the advance party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1955–56 and with the RAF contingent of the expedition in 1956–58.
Ridges of Coats Land
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