Name details

Testa Ridge

Testa Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Testa Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139736

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A volcanic ridge, 5km long, extending north-south from Campbell Crag, between Weidner Ridge and Riviera Ridge on the north slope of Mount Morning, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MH10

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1994) after J. Ward Testa, biologist, University of Minnesota (later of University of Alaska). Conducted seal studies during ten field seasons in McMurdo Sound and other coastal regions, 1980-94.

Location

Latitude:
78° 27' 00.0" S
-78.45000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 32' 00.0" E
163.53333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1586 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MH10 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Nov-1994

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