Yamagata Ridge () is a narrow linear
nunatak
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, 3 miles (4.8 km) long and rising to 1690 m, located 5 miles (8 km) west of
Seay Peak in the N-central part of
Finger Ridges The Finger Ridges () are several mainly ice-free ridges and spurs extending over a distance of about , east–west, in the northwestern part of the Cook Mountains in Antarctica. The individual ridges are long and project northward from the higher m ...
,
Cook Mountains
The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock and Darwin glaciers in Antarctica. Parts of the group were first viewed from the Ross Ice Shelf by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04). Additional portions of t ...
. Named after
Noboru Yamagata, Institute of
Public Health
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, Japan,
geochemist
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with the
Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
The refers to a series of Japanese Antarctic expeditions for scientific research.
The first JARE expedition was launched in 1957 to coordinate with the International Geophysical Year. This was the team which left 15 dogs, including Taro and Ji ...
(JARE) for four field seasons in the
McMurdo Dry Valleys
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The Dry Valleys experience extremely low humidity and surrounding mountains prevent the flow of ice from nearby ...
, 1963–64 to 1968–69.
See also
*
Harper Ridge
The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock and Darwin glaciers in Antarctica. Parts of the group were first viewed from the Ross Ice Shelf by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04). Additional portions of t ...
References
Ridges of Oates Land
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