Telefon Ridge

Location of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Telefon Ridge (62°56′S 60°43′W / 62.933°S 60.717°W / -62.933; -60.717Coordinates: 62°56′S 60°43′W / 62.933°S 60.717°W / -62.933; -60.717) is a ridge rising west of Telefon Bay on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named from association with Telefon Bay by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Telefon Ridge" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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