Fang Ridge
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 Map of Ross Island with the Fang Ridge |
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 29 ′ S , 167 ° 12 ′ E | |
Fang Ridge (English for Reißzahngrat is) a striking ridge on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises on the northeast slope of Mount Erebus . It is the part of the original crater rim of Mount Erebus that has been blown up after a massive eruption .
The descriptive name goes back to the year 1912 and the Australian geologist Frank Debenham , participant of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .
Web links
- Fang Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fang Ridge on geographic.org (English)