Hoffman Ledge


Hoffman Ledge is an arcuate flat-topped ridge, long and wide, located west of Dais Col in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The relatively level ledge rises to and is bounded west and north by Healy Trough; cliffs and slopes bordering the ledge rise from to over above the trough. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after J.H. Hoffman of the Geophysics Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, superintendent of the New Zealand drilling team engaged in the McMurdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project, 1973–76.