Cryptogam Ridge (Viktorialand)
| Cryptogam Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 21 ′ S , 164 ° 42 ′ E | |
Crytogam Ridge is a 1.5 km long and 0.5 km wide mountain ridge on the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . With a height of 2733 m , it extends on the main crater of Mount Melbourne between Terra Nova Bay and Wood Bay .
Italian scientists named it in 2002 after the unique cryptogams , communities of lichen , moss , algae and microorganisms found here .
Web links
- Cryptogam Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)