Shoma Ridge
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| location | South Georgia | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 16 ′ S , 36 ° 21 ′ W | |
Shoma Ridge is a mountain ridge in the north of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . On the Barff Peninsula , it extends from Mills Peak west of Rookery Bay in a northeasterly direction.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 2014 in memory of the British whaler Shoma , at the accident due to a collision with the West Skerry in a storm on February 7, 1934, the whole consisting of twelve men crew was killed.
Web links
- Shoma Ridge . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)