Pyxis Ridge
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 16 ′ S , 66 ° 47 ′ W | |
Pyxis Ridge is a narrow mountain ridge , consisting of nunatak kernels and pierced by passes, in the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 8 km north-northwest of Mount Cadbury and into the south flank of the Ryder Glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the ridge in 1976 after the constellation Ship Compass ( Latin pyxis ).
Web links
- Pyxis Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pyxis Ridge on geographic.org (English)