Lomas Ridge
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 21 ′ S , 57 ° 36 ′ W | |
Lomas Ridge is a mountain ridge up to 3 km long in the southeast of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . With north-northwest-south-southeast orientation, it rises halfway between Jefford Point and Tortoise Hill .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1995 after Simon Andrew Lomas (* 1965), geologist of the British Antarctic Survey , who was involved in the exploration of this area between 1994 and 1995.
Web links
- Lomas Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lomas Ridge on geographic.org (English)