Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Stonethrow Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Stonethrow 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.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Snow-covered ridge rising W of Primero de Mayo Bay, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name arose following survey by the FIDS in January 1954 because of the large number of rocks and stones at the base of the steep E face which have been thrown off the ridge.
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