Usnea Ridge
Usnea Ridge is a ridge at an elevation of 100–160 m, extending north-northwest from Jane Peak to Spindrift Col in central Signy Island, South Orkney Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moss Lake and Snow Hills.
Moss Lake
Lake
Paternoster Valley is a valley extending southwestward from Stygian Cove in northern Signy Island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee from the occurrence of three small paternoster lakes, at different levels in the valley.
Snow Hills
Peak
Snow Hills are two snow-covered hills, one 240 m, the other 265 m and 0.25 nautical miles to the west. Located 0.2 nautical miles west of Cemetery Bay in the east-central part of Signy Island.
Robin Peak
Peak
Robin Peak is a sharply defined rocky summit which is the northernmost peak on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1954 for Gordon de Quetteville Robin of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, the leader at Signy Island base in 1947, who made the first detailed survey of the island.
Usnea Ridge
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 160 metres
- Categories: ridge, mountain, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Usnea Ridge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Usnea Ridge”
- Chinese: “烏斯尼嶺”
- German: “Usnea Ridge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Usnea Ridge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Usnea Ridge”
- Swedish: “Usnea Ridge”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spindrift Col and Strombus Ridge.
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