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)
Finger Ridges (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Finger Ridges (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:
About twelve ridges and spurs, mainly ice-free, extending over a distance of about 24 km east-west. The individual ridges are relatively short, mostly 2-4 km long and project northwards from the higher ice-covered surface to the south. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. The descriptive name was given by USACAN.
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