Spatulate Ridge
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Spatulate Ridge is an ice-covered ridge in the Mountaineer Range
which extends southeast between Suter Glacier
and Ridgeway Glacier
to the coast of Victoria Land
. The name is descriptive of the shape and was applied in 1966 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC).
Mountaineer Range
Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner and Aviator Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by Ross in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expeditions. The precise mapping of its overall features...
which extends southeast between Suter Glacier
Suter Glacier
Suter Glacier is a short glacier in the Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land, draining southeast into Lady Newnes Bay just south of Spatulate Ridge. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1966 for Douglas Suter, senior New Zealand scientist at Hallett Station, 1962-63....
and Ridgeway Glacier
Ridgeway Glacier
Ridgeway Glacier is a short glacier in the east part of Mountaineer Range, draining southeast between Spatulate Ridge and Gauntlet Ridge into Lady Newnes Bay, Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1966 for Norman Ridgeway, senior scientist at Hallett Station,...
to the coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. The name is descriptive of the shape and was applied in 1966 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC).