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)
Riddell Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Riddell Nunataks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A group of low, exposed rock ridges trending east-west between 2,140 and 2,260 m above sea level. Snow and ice extend nearly to the summits. First sighted by an ANARE party led by Robert Dovers in 1954. Named after A.D. Riddell, carpenter at Mawson in 1955. Altitude and location is for the eastern end of the nunataks at survey station NMS125.
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