McClintock Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
McClintock Ridge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge (2d)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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A prominent east-west ridge that is ice covered, 10km north of Rubin Peak in Carnegie Range, Churchill Mountains. The ridge comprises several aligned summits that descend the east slope of the range for 10-15km, ending at Algie Glacier. The west portion, near Mansergh Wall, rises to over 1400m; elevations decline to 400m near Algie Glacier. Named after Barbara McClintock (1902-92), Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1942-67, although she continued full-time research, supported by Carnegie, until her death; Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1983.
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