Softbed ridges
| Softbed ridges | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 3 ′ S , 163 ° 45 ′ E | |
The Softbed Ridges are a mountain range parallel and interrupted by small snow-covered valleys ridges in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . They extend over a length of around 25 km in a north-south orientation on the watershed between the Lowery Glacier and the Robb Glacier .
The formation was named in 1960 by New Zealand expedition groups working in the area.
Web links
- Softbed Ridges in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Softbed Ridges on geographic.org (English).