McConchie Ridge

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McConchie Ridge is a rock spur trending southeast from Salient Peak in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named in 1985 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee after , a field assistant with the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme geological party to this area, 1979–80, led by . McConchie joined the party as a replacement for who suffered from frostbite.[1]

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  1. ^ "McConchie Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-05.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "McConchie Ridge". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

Coordinates: 78°10′S 162°45′E / 78.167°S 162.750°E / -78.167; 162.750


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