Tramway Ridge
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 31 ′ S , 167 ° 6 ′ E | |
Tramway Ridge ( English for Tram Ridge ) is a 3450 m high mountain ridge on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises in the northwestern part of the summit caldera of Mount Erebus . It consists of walls that have piled up as a result of a still young lava flow and are reminiscent of the tracks of a tram .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names made the descriptive naming in 2000.
Web links
- Tramway Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tramway Ridge on geographic.org (English)