SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Forbes Ridge (AUS) 80° 09' 00.0" S 157° 30' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 2347 Place ID: 4800

A ridge 13 km long, extending northward from Mount McClintock along the eastern side of Hinton Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after R B Forbes of the University of Alaska who made geological studies in the McMurdo Sound area with USN Operation Deepfreeze in 1955-56 and 1962-63.

Forbes Ridge (NZL) 80° 06' 49.6" S 157° 27' 43.6" E Ridge
Name ID: 139365 Place ID: 4800

A ridge 16km long, extending northward from Mount McClintock along the eastern side of Hinton Glacier. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MN05

Forbes Ridge (USA) 80° 09' 00.0" S 157° 30' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 125260 Place ID: 4800

A ridge about 7 mi long in the Britannia Range, extending N from Mount McClintock along the E side of Hinton Glacier. Named by the US-ACAN for Robert B. Forbes of the University of Alaska, who made geological studies in the McMurdo Sound area with USN OpDFrz, 1955-56, and during the summer season, 1962-63.

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