Cryptogam Ridge
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Cryptogam Ridge is an east-west ridge lying south of Cummings Cove
in Signy Island
, South Orkney Islands
. The north-facing slope of the ridge supports a diversity of lichens and mosses, collectively referred to as cryptogams (spore-producing plants). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1991.
Cummings Cove
Cummings Cove is a cove between Jebsen Point and Porteous Point on the west side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 1933, and resurveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee ...
in Signy Island
Signy Island
Signy Island is a small sub-antarctic island in the South Orkney Islands group locted at . It is about long and wide and rises to above sea level. Much of the island is permanently covered with ice. The average temperature range is to about in winter...
, South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. The north-facing slope of the ridge supports a diversity of lichens and mosses, collectively referred to as cryptogams (spore-producing plants). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1991.