Tentacle Ridge () is a long partially ice-free ridge lying south of
Mount Longhurst Mount Longhurst () is a prominent mountain, high, standing west of Mill Mountain and forming the highest point of Festive Plateau in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition
The ''Discover ...
, extending from the mouth of
McCleary Glacier
McCleary Glacier () is a broad glacier about long, draining southward into Darwin Glacier (Antarctica), Darwin Glacier, Antarctica, just west of Tentacle Ridge. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys and N ...
southeast along the north side of
Darwin Glacier. The descriptive name was given by the
Darwin Glacier 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).
Further reading
* M. A. Bradshaw and F. J. Harmsen, '
The paleoenvironmental significance of trace fossils in Devonian sediments (Taylor Group), Darwin Mountains to the Dry Valleys, southern Victoria Land'', U. S. Geological Survey and The National Academies; USGS OF-2007-1047, P 3
References
Ridges of Oates Land
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