Schneider Ridge

Schneider Ridge
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height	2016 m
location	Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Prince Charles Mountains
Coordinates	72 ° 56 '16 " S , 61 ° 23' 25" O Coordinates: 72 ° 56 '16 " S , 61 ° 23' 25" O

Schneider Ridge is a ridge-like and 2016 m high nunatak in the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson Land . It belongs to the Goodspeed Nunataks in the southern part of the Prince Charles Mountains and rises about 15 km east of the Skinner Nunatak .

Scientists who carried out seismic surveys in the area as part of a campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions discovered it in 1957. Aerial photographs were taken in 1958 and 1960. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the helicopter engineer E. Schneider, who was involved in surveying the Prince Charles Mountains had participated in 1972.

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