Fishhook Ridge
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 27 ′ S , 59 ° 37 ′ W | |
Fishhook Ridge (English for fishing hook ridge ) is a 100 m high mountain ridge on the North Skjöld coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises on the east side of the Sobral Peninsula .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it that way in 1990 because it looks like a fishhook when looked at .
Web links
- Fishhook Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fishhook Ridge on geographic.org (English)