The Finger Ridges () are several mainly ice-free ridges and spurs extending over a distance of about , east–west, in the northwestern part of the
Cook Mountains
The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock and Darwin glaciers in Antarctica. Parts of the group were first viewed from the Ross Ice Shelf by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04). Additional portions of t ...
in Antarctica. The individual ridges are long and project northward from the higher main ridge. They were mapped by the
United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959–63, and named descriptively by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
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See also
*Harper Ridge
The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock and Darwin glaciers in Antarctica. Parts of the group were first viewed from the Ross Ice Shelf by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04). Additional portions of t ...
References
Ridges of Oates Land
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