Eastwind Ridge

Eastwind Ridge is a broad, partially ice-covered ridge about long between Chattahoochee Glacier and Towle Glacier in the Convoy Range of Antarctica. ^[1]

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Table of Contents

1. 9 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Convoy Range, Fry Glacier, McMurdo Sound, Operation Deep Freeze, United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, USCGC Eastwind, Victoria Land.

2. Ridges of Victoria Land

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Convoy Range

Convoy Range is a broad range in Antarctica. Eastwind Ridge and Convoy Range are Scott Coast.

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Fry Glacier

Fry Glacier is a glacier draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the Convoy Range and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range into Tripp Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Eastwind Ridge and Fry Glacier are Scott Coast.

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McMurdo Sound

The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on.

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United States Board on Geographic Names

The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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USCGC Eastwind

USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279) was a ''Wind''-class icebreaker that was built for the United States Coast Guard.

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Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.

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See also

Ridges of Victoria Land

• Backdrop Ridge
• Central Aisle Ridge
• Centropleura Spur
• Cleft Ledge
• East Aisle Ridge
• Eastwind Ridge
• England Ridge
• Eureka Spurs
• Flint Ridge
• Folk Ridge
• Frame Ridge
• Hallett Ridge
• Hobbs Ridge
• Horowitz Ridge
• Moore Ridge
• Nash Ridge
• Radian Ridge
• Rampart Ridge
• Reilly Ridge
• Roa Ridge
• Slagle Ridge
• West Aisle Ridge

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastwind_Ridge

Also known as Drifter Cirque, Mount Naab, Mount Schmidtman, Riptide Cirque, Slackwater Cirque, Wyandot Ridge.

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