Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Owen Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Owen 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 very high and rugged mountain ridge, 22 mi long, which forms the southwesternmost element of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It extends SSE from Mount Strybing (3,200 m) and includes Mount Southwick and Lishness Peak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1957-60. Named by US-ACAN (1974) for Thomas B. Owen, Assistant Director of National and International Programs, National Science Foundation.
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