Alligator Ridge
| Alligator Ridge | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Boomerang Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 27 ′ S , 158 ° 48 ′ E | |
Alligator Ridge ( German Alligator rücken ) is an impressively jagged mountain range in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It extends from Alligator Peak in the Boomerang Range of the Transantarctic Mountains in a north-easterly direction over a length of 3 km to the Skelton Firnfield .
It was mapped and named by the New Zealand crew of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).
Web links
- Alligator Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Alligator Ridge on geographic.org (English).