Gage Ridge
| Gage Ridge | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Tula Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 54 ′ S , 51 ° 16 ′ E | |
Gage Ridge is an 11 km long and partially snow-covered mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 4 km west of Mount Selwood in the Tula Mountains .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken by members of a team on the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the ridge after Harry Vernon William Brasier Gage (1909–1985), British crew member of the RSS Discovery on the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE, 1929–1931) headed by Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson .
Web links
- Gage Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gage Ridge on geographic.org (English).