Taaffe Ridge
| Taaffe Ridge | ||
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| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Vestfold Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 28 ′ S , 78 ° 29 ′ E | |
Taaffe Ridge is a rocky mountain ridge up to 75 m high on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . In the Vestfold Mountains it extends in an east-northeast direction to the moraines on the edge of the polar plateau at the eastern end of the Langnes Peninsula .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after John McM. Taaffe, the chief diesel generator set mechanic at Davis Station in the Antarctic winter of 1970.
Web links
- Taaffe Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)