Rampart Ridge () is a prominent broken ridge on the west side of the

Royal Society Range The Royal Society Range () is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Mount Lister forms the highest point in this range. Mount Lister is located along the western shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koett ...

, standing north of

Rutgers Glacier Rutgers Glacier () is a steep glacier on the west side of the Royal Society Range in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Rutgers Glacier descends southwest from Johns Hopkins Ridge and Mount Rucker to enter the Skelton Glacier. Abbott Spur separates ...

and extending from

The Spire ''The Spire'' is a 1964 novel by English author William Golding. "A dark and powerful portrait of one man's will", it deals with the construction of a 404-foot-high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral,Paul, Leslie. "The Spire That Stay ...

to Bishop Peak. Surveyed and given this descriptive name in February 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...

, 1956–58. Its south-central portion is adjoined by Rampart Terrace, () a relatively level ice-covered terrace, long and rising to . The abrupt southern face of the terrace rises about above Rutgers Glacier. It was named by the

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(US-ACAN) (1994) in association with Rampart Ridge. At its very west extremity stands The Spire (), a rock spire high. It was surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the CTAE.

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Ridges of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub