Rugate Ridge
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Rugate Ridge () is a high, east-trending ridge between
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and Evans Glaciers on the east side of
Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...
. It ends up in
Pirne Peak Pirne Peak ( bg, връх Пирне, vrah Pirne, ) is the rocky peak rising to 802 mNedev Peak on the southeast, with Musina Glacier flowing in between. Surveyed by
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(FIDS) in 1955. So named by
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(UK-APC) because many small ridges and spurs make up the feature ("rugate" means "ridgy"). Ridges of Graham Land Oscar II Coast {{OscarIICoast-geo-stub