Killer Ridge

Killer Ridge (77°11′S 162°4′E / 77.183°S 162.067°E / -77.183; 162.067Coordinates: 77°11′S 162°4′E / 77.183°S 162.067°E / -77.183; 162.067) is a dark ridge rising over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) between Crisp Glacier and Miller Glacier in the Gonville and Caius Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named after the killer whale, whose outline the ridge is said to resemble.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Killer Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-02.

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