Coombes Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Coombes Ridge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A rocky ridge on the coast of Oates Land about 5 km west of Magga Peak. The ridge, which runs roughly north-south, forms the eastern extremity of Lauritzen Bay. Discovered and mapped on 20 February 1959, by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after Bruce Coombes, airport engineer from the Australian Department of Civil Aviation, who accompanied the expedition to investigate potential airfield sites at Wilkes and elsewhere.
Bruce Coombes, airport engineer
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