Madey Ridge
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Madey Ridge is a ridge trending northwest from Mount Moffat
Mount Moffat
Mount Moffat is a mountain, 1,250 m, standing 4 nautical miles northeast of Mount Ege in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Robert J. Moffat,...

 along the north side of Berquist Ridge
Berquist Ridge
Berquist Ridge is a curving ridge, long, trending west from its juncture with Madey Ridge in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...

 in the Neptune Range
Neptune Range
The Neptune Range is a mountain range, long, lying WSW of Forrestal Range in the central part of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. The range is composed of Washington Escarpment with its associated ridges, valleys and peaks, the Iroquois Plateau, and the Schmidt and Williams Hills...

, Pensacola Mountains
Pensacola Mountains
The Pensacola Mountains are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks in Antarctica, extending 450 km in a NE-SW direction, comprising the Argentina Range, Forrestal Range, Dufek Massif, Cordiner Peaks, Neptune Range, Patuxent Range, Rambo Nunataks and Pecora Escarpment...

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) for Jules Madey of Clark, NJ, ham radio operator who arranged innumerable phone patches between personnel in Antarctica and parties in the U.S. in the period 1957-67.
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