Gauntlet Ridge
| Gauntlet Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mountaineer Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 25 ′ S , 167 ° 35 ′ E | |
Gauntlet Ridge ( English for Stulpengrat ) is a flattened and mainly icy mountain ridge in the form of a peninsula in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It separates the lower sections of the Nascent Glacier and the Ridgeway Glacier from each other, where they flow into Lady Newnes Bay .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave it a descriptive name in 1966 because its shape is reminiscent of a cuff .
Web links
- Gauntlet Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gauntlet Ridge on geographic.org (English)