Riviera Ridge
| Riviera Ridge | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 24 ′ S , 163 ° 42 ′ E | |
Riviera Ridge is a Scott Coast ridge of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is the more westerly of two sweeping and largely ice-free mountain ridges, which extend from Mount Morning in a northerly direction. At its northern end are Mount Hubbard and Lake Morning .
The name was given at the suggestion of the New Zealand geologist Anne C. Wright, who came across Mediterranean -looking weather conditions here between 1985 and 1986 , which contrasted with the extreme conditions on the nearby Hurricane Ridge .
Web links
- Riviera Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Riviera Ridge on geographic.org (English)