Guardrail Ridge
| Guardrail Ridge | ||
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| Highest peak | Sherve Peak ( 2200 m ) | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
Guardrail Ridge (freely translated guardrail ridge ) is a 3 km long and up to 2200 m high mountain ridge on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises two miles west-southwest of The Tooth formation in the Kyle Hills .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names gave it the descriptive name in 2000 based on its location on the southern edge of Lofty Promenade .
Web links
- Guardrail Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Guardrail Ridge on geographic.org (English)