Arenite Ridge
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 41 ′ S , 69 ° 32 ′ W | |
Arenite Ridge is a steep mountain ridge made of rock and snow in the north of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises there over a length of 24 km in a north-south orientation and forms the east face of the Toynbee Glacier . Mount Tyrrell and Mount Tilley belong to it .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after the sedimentary arenite of which it is made.
Web links
- Arenite Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arenite Ridge on geographic.org (English)