The ramp
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ S , 166 ° 26 ′ E | |
The Ramp (English for the ramp is) a 800 m long, 50 m high and rocky steep slope on the Antarctic Ross Island . It is 800 m inland from Cape Evans .
It got its descriptive name from participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .
Web links
- The Ramp in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Ramp on geographic.org (English)