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)
Base Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Base Ridge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge
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:
The ridge shelters the Base from strong winds and is a haven for breeding snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea). A ridge just east of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills.
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