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Clapp Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Clapp Ridge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge (2d)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A narrow, steep-sided ridge about 9 mi long, forming the N wall of Hand Glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for James L. Clapp, member of the USARP glaciological party to Roosevelt Island, 1967-68.
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