Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Mercury Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mercury Ridge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge (2b)
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Ridge approximately 700 m in height and 7.5 km in length, trending SW – NE from Square Bay, south of Mount Diamond, east of Centre Island, Fallières Coast. Named after Mercury, the Messenger of God, which features on the emblem of the Royal Corps of Signals, as part of a regional naming theme of British Forces.
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