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Wedge Ridge () is a conspicuous rock ridge, 1,145 m, near the head of
Blaiklock Glacier The Blaiklock Glacier () is a glacier long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mount Provender and Mount Lowe in the western part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. Exploration The glacier was first mapped in 1957 by th ...
and immediately west of Pointer Nunatak in the west part of the
Shackleton Range The Shackleton Range () is a mountain range in Antarctica that rises to and extends in an east–west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery Glaciers. Surveys The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), which in 1956 s ...
. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE. The name given by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(UK-APC) is descriptive of the shape of the feature.


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