Melania Ridge
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| location | Black Island , Ross Archipelago , Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 9 ′ S , 166 ° 17 ′ E | |
Melania Ridge is a prominent ridge of basalt rock on Black Iceland in the Antarctic Ross Archipelago . It extends over a length of 5 km from Mount Melania in a south-easterly direction.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1999 based on the name of the mountain of the same name. This is derived from the Greek μέλας ( transcribed mélas for "black") and thus establishes the reference to Black Island.
Web links
- Melania Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Melania Ridge on geographic.org (English)