Hulcombe Ridge
| Hulcombe Ridge | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 24 ′ S , 66 ° 15 ′ E | |
Hulcombe Ridge is a 2.5 km long and rocky mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains , it extends 5 km west of Wignall Peak in a north-south orientation.
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 were used for mapping purposes. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Geoffrey Charles Hulcombe (* 1930), a diesel generator mechanic at Mawson Station in 1962.
Web links
- Hulcombe Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hulcombe Ridge on geographic.org (English)