Rampart Ridge

Rampart Ridge (

78°10′S 161°55′E / 78.167°S 161.917°E / -78.167; 161.917Coordinates: 78°10′S 161°55′E / 78.167°S 161.917°E / -78.167; 161.917) is a prominent broken ridge on the west side of the Royal Society Range, standing north of Rutgers Glacier and extending from The Spire to Bishop Peak. Surveyed and given this descriptive name in February 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58.^[1]

Its south-central portion is adjoined by Rampart Terrace, (

78°11′S 162°1′E / 78.183°S 162.017°E / -78.183; 162.017) a relatively level ice-covered terrace, 5 miles (8 km) long and rising to 2,250 m (7,380 ft). The abrupt southern face of the terrace rises about 200 to 300 metres (660 to 980 ft) above Rutgers Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1994) in association with Rampart Ridge.^[2]

At its very west extremity stands The Spire (

78°09′S 161°37′E / 78.150°S 161.617°E / -78.150; 161.617), a rock spire 2,600 m (8,500 ft) high. It was surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the CTAE.^[3]

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