Elephant Ridge
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Elephant Ridge is a sharp curved ridge, orientated generally W-E, and extending for about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km), with the highest point at the center rising to 6999m. The north slopes are snow and ice free, and the central point is situated about 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) south-southeast of Khufu Peak
Khufu Peak
Khufu Peak is a peak rising to about 745 m near the center of the Fossil Bluff massif, east Alexander Island. For many years this was known to British Antarctic Survey workers by the unofficial descriptive name "Pyramid," a name already in use...

 and 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) southwest of Giza Peak
Giza Peak
Giza Peak is a peak rising to about 600 m on the east side of the Fossil Bluff massif, Alexander Island. For many years this peak was known to British Antarctic Survey workers as "Sphinx," a name already in use...

. Uranus Glacier forms the south boundary of the feature. Elephant Ridge is referred to as "Man Pack Hill" in scientific reports in the early 1960s, and is locally known descriptively as "The Elephant". The summit resembles an elephant's head, with the ridge forming the trunk.
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