Quarterdeck Ridge is the undulating, north–south snow crest of

Hallett Peninsula Hallett Peninsula () is a triangular, dome-shaped peninsula, long, with cliffs on its eastern seaboard side and on its west side. The peninsula extends from Cape Hallett to Cape Wheatstone and is joined to the mainland by a narrow ridge between ...

. For the most part this crest is very close to the great 1,500 meter Cotter Cliffs that fall abruptly to the

Ross Sea The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who vi ...

. The range was so named by the

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...

(NZGSAE), 1957–58, because impressions obtained in traversing along it recall those in walking the quarterdeck of a ship.

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Ridges of Victoria Land Borchgrevink Coast {{BorchgrevinkCoast-geo-stub

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