Usnea Ridge
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| location | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 42 ′ S , 45 ° 38 ′ W | |
Usnea Ridge is a 100 to 160 m high mountain ridge on Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It extends from Jane Peak in north-west to the Spindrift Col .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1991 after lichen of the genus Usnea , which biologists from the British Antarctic Survey had discovered here in large numbers.
Web links
- Usnea Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Usnea Ridge on geographic.org (English)