Swinnerton Ledge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Swinnerton Ledge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
E-most feature of Read Mountains, Shackleton Range, rising to c. 1500m, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named after Henry Hurd Swinnerton (1876-1966), British zoologist and palaeontologist; Professor of Geology, University College of Nottingham (later Nottingham University), 1912-46; President, Geological Society, 1938-40 (APC, 1974, p.6; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978).
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