Name details
Taaffe Ridge
Taaffe Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Taaffe Ridge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge
Origin
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Narrative
A rock ridge extending ENE to the moraines at the edge of the plateau, at the eastern end of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills.
Named For
Named after J. McM. Taaffe, senior diesel mechanic at Davis in 1970.
Location
Images
©Belinda Reynolds 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA22003
- Caption
- Taaffe Ridge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking South.
- Photographer
- Reynolds, Belinda
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