Craw Ridge
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Craw Ridge is a prominent ridge that trends northeast from Mount Lister
along the south side of Lister Glacier, in the Royal Society Range
, Victoria Land
. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) after D. Craw, a member of a 1980-81 New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party that reached 3,700 m on Mount Lister by way of this ridge.
Mount Lister
Mount Lister is a massive mountain, high, forming the highest point in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition which named it for Lord Joseph Lister, President of the Royal Society, 1895–1900....
along the south side of Lister Glacier, in the Royal Society Range
Royal Society Range
The Royal Society Range is a majestic mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Mount Lister forms the highest point in this range. Mount Lister is located along the western shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar glaciers...
, 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...
. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC) after D. Craw, a member of a 1980-81 New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party that reached 3,700 m on Mount Lister by way of this ridge.