Adams Ridge
| Adams Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Bowers Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 0 ′ S , 162 ° 23 ′ E | |
Adams Ridge is a sharp-edged and rocky mountain ridge 6.5 km long and up to 800 m high in East Antarctic Victoria Land , which marks the western edge of the Bowers Mountains immediately south of the confluence of the Sheehan Glacier with the Rennick Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1983 after the New Zealand geologist Chris Adams, who worked in northern Victoria Land between 1981 and 1982.
See also
Web links
- Adams Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Adams Ridge on geographic.org (English)