Frame Ridge
Frame Ridge (78°5′S 165°26′E / 78.083°S 165.433°ECoordinates: 78°5′S 165°26′E / 78.083°S 165.433°E) is a small straight ridge in the central part of Brown Peninsula, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is located just north of the small, central lake on the peninsula and extends northward down to Tuff Bluff. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for of Aberdeen, Scotland, a paleontology technician with the New Zealand Geological Survey and Victoria University of Wellington who discovered the ridge on an expedition to the area, 1964–65.[1]
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- ^ "Frame Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Frame Ridge". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Categories:
- Ridges of Victoria Land
- Scott Coast
- Scott Coast geography stubs