Forbes Ridge is a ridge about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long in the Britannia Range, extending north from Mount McClintock

Mount McClintock

Mount McClintock is the highest mountain in the Britannia Range in Australian Antarctic Territory, surmounting the south end of Forbes Ridge, east of Mount Olympus. It was discovered by the Discovery expedition and named for Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, Royal Navy, a member of the Ship...

 along the east side of Hinton Glacier

Hinton Glacier

Hinton Glacier is a tributary glacier in the Britannia Range, flowing north between Forbes and Dusky Ridges into Hatherton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Chief Construction Mechanic Clarence C. Hinton, Jr., USN. Hinton wintered at McMurdo Station, 1963, and headed a...

. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) for Robert B. Forbes of the University of Alaska, who made geological studies in the McMurdo Sound

McMurdo Sound

The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...

 area with U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1955–56, and during the summer season, 1962-63.