Backdrop Ridge
| Backdrop Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 21 ′ S , 163 ° 18 ′ E | |
Backdrop Ridge (loosely translated setting back ) is an east-west running mountain ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises north of The Stage basin on the northern flank of the Renegar Glacier on the Scott Coast . Connections exist to the northern ends of the West , Central and East Aisle Ridge ridges .
A team from the New Zealand Geological Survey , headed by geologist David Norman Bryant Skinner (* 1938), who worked in this area between 1977 and 1978, named the mountain ridge The Stage due to its geographical location in relation to the basin.
Web links
- Backdrop Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Backdrop Ridge on geographic.org (English)