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Boyce Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Boyce 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 five-mile ridge that extends westward from Taylor Ledge to the head of Nimitz Glacier in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. The ridge adjoins the N flank of lower Branscomb Glacier. Named by US-ACAN (2006) after Joseph Boyce, a retired NASA manager who was instrumental in facilitating the U.S. meteorite program in partnership with NSF and the Smithsonian Institution; a member of the ANSMET team in the 2004-05 field season.
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