Bridge latch
| Bridge latch | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Convoy Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 43 ′ S , 161 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Bridge-Riegel is a mountain ridge that is flattened on the summit ridge in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Convoy Range it rises immediately above the Greenville Hole on the north side of the Greenville Valley .
It was named by a team of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program who worked in this area from 1989 to 1990 . It is named after the fact that the mountain ridge offers an overview of the entire valley like from a command bridge.
Web links
- Bridge bar in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bridge Riegel on geographic.org (English)