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Pardo Ridge

Place ID: 10890
Name ID: 110498

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

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:

• Pardo Ridge (United States of America)
• Pardo, cordón (Argentina)

Narrative

forming the central part of E Elephant Island, rising to 760m, and extending from The White Company E-ward to The Cornet, thence NE-ward to the coast, was surveyed by JSEEI which applied names to various features on the ridge. Pic de Gaulle, referring to a peak on the N side of the ridge WSW of Cape Belsham and so called in reference to Gen. C. de Gaulle's facial profile (Agnew in Burley, 1971b, Appendix J, p.3). Flat Top, referring to a peak at the W end of the ridge (Burley, 1971b, map inside front cover). Mount Heathcliffe, referring to a peak near the E end of the ridge (Agnew in Burley, 1971b, Appendix J, p.4). High Peak, referring to a peak at the E end of the ridge (Burley, 1971b, map inside front cover). Moby Dick, referring to a peak on the ridge (Agnew in Burley, 1971b, Appendix J, p.4). The Postern, referring to a peak near the E end of the ridge (Agnew in Burley, 1971b, Appendix J, p.5). Mount Talisker, referring to a peak on the ridge (Agnew in Burley, 1971b, Appendix J, p.5). Avalanche Col, on the N side of The Cornet (Agnew, 1972, p.209). The name Pardo Ridge was later applied to the whole feature after Capt. Luis Alberto Pardo Villalón (1882-1935), commanding the Chilean tugboat Yelcho (Cape Yelcho, q.v.), which rescued 22 members of BITAE from Point Wild, 30 August 1916 (DOS 610 sheet W 61-54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972; APC, 1974, p.5). Cordón Pardo and Grandes Acantilados, referring respectively to the N and S sides of the feature (Argentina. MM chart H-710, 1977).

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