Reptile Ridge
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| location | Adelaide Island , Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 33 ′ S , 68 ° 10 ′ W | |
Reptile Ridge (English for reptiles back is) a 3 km long around 250 m high ridge on the Adelaide Island in the archipelago of Adelaide- and Biscoe Islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends from the area around Rothera Point in a north-westerly direction.
The mountain ridge owes its descriptive name to its appearance from the north and south, which is reminiscent of the back of a reptile . The designation was made by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977.
Web links
- Reptile Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Reptile Ridge on geographic.org (English)