Gondola Ridge
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 1 ′ S , 161 ° 45 ′ E | |
 Map sheet Taylor Glacier from 1962 (new edition 1988), Gondola Ridge in the very northeast of the map |
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Gondola Ridge ( English for gondola ridge ) is a mountain ridge south of the Mackay Glacier , which extends about 6.5 kilometers from Mount Suess in a northeast direction.
It was mapped by the western group of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It was so named because, together with the Mount Suess connected to it, it resembles a gondola in shape .
Web links
- Gondola Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gondola Ridge on geographic.org (English)