Chopin Ridge () is a ridge running north–south and rising to between

Lions Rump Lions Rump is a conspicuous headland north-northeast of Low Head, forming the west side of the entrance to King George Bay, on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was charted and given its descriptive name in 1 ...

and

Low Head Low Head is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of George Town Council, George Town in the Launceston LGA Region, Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north of the town of George Town, Tasmania, G ...

, King George Island,

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...

. It was named by the

Polish Antarctic Expedition The Polish Antarctic Expedition to the A. B. Dobrowolski Polar Station was conducted by a team of doctors, geophysicists, and geomorphologists between 1978 and 1979. It was sponsored by the Polish Academy of Sciences. This was the third expedition ...

to King George Island in the years 1977–79 after

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...

, the Polish composer.

References

* Poland and the Antarctic Ridges of King George Island (South Shetland Islands) {{KingGeorgeIslandAQ-geo-stub