Ramsay Wedge
| Ramsay Wedge | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Herbert Mountains in the Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 25 ′ S , 25 ° 37 ′ W | |
Ramsay Wedge is a narrow, 3 km long and around 1200 m high rock spur with debris cones at the base in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range it rises 3 km southwest of Mount Absalom in the southwest part of the Herbert Mountains .
Aerial photographs of this rock spur were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1972 after the British geologist Andrew Ramsay (1814-1891).
Web links
- Ramsay Wedge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ramsay Wedge on geographic.org (English)