Roa Ridge
| Roa Ridge | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Irvine ( 2067 m ) | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Asgard Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ S , 162 ° 20 ′ E | |
Roa Ridge is an arched and 8 km long mountain ridge in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range it stretches between the Matterhorn and Lacroix glaciers . Its peaks include, from northwest to southeast, Vogler Peak , Mount Irvine , Hoehn Peak , Webb Peak, and the Matterhorn .
The New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) named the ridge descriptively in 1998. The word Roa from the Māori means long .
Web links
- Roa Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Roa Ridge on geographic.org (English)