Onnum Ridge
| Onnum Ridge | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 7 ′ S , 156 ° 25 ′ E | |
Onnum Ridge is a mountain ridge in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the Britannia Range , it extends 5 km south of Derrick Peak in a northeastern direction to the McCraw Glacier .
A New Zealand team of geologists from the University of Waikato , who worked in the area between 1978 and 1979, made the designation. It is named after the ancient Roman equestrian fort Onnum in north-east England.
Web links
- Onnum Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Onnum Ridge on geographic.org (English)