Killer Ridge
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Killer Ridge is a dark ridge rising over 1,000 m between Crisp
and Miller Glacier
s in the Gonville and Caius Range
, in Victoria Land
. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) and named after the killer whale, whose outline the ridge is said to resemble.
Crisp Glacier
Crisp Glacier is a glacier between Killer Ridge and Second Facet, flowing southeast into Debenham Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Kelton W. Crisp, U.S. Navy, who was in charge of the electric shop at McMurdo Station, 1962....
and Miller Glacier
Miller Glacier
Miller Glacier is a glacier about 1 nautical mile wide, described by Griffith Taylor as a transection glacier lying in a transverse trough and connecting the Cotton and Debenham Glaciers in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Western Geological Party, led by Taylor, of the British Antarctic...
s in the Gonville and Caius Range
Gonville and Caius Range
Gonville and Caius Range are a range of peaks, 1,000 to 1,500 m, between Mackay Glacier and Debenham Glacier in Victoria Land. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott. Named for Gonville and Caius College, of Cambridge University, the alma mater of several members of the...
, in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) and named after the killer whale, whose outline the ridge is said to resemble.