Fanning Ridge is a prominent rock ridge, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, paralleling the south coast of South Georgia between Aspasia Point

Aspasia Point

Aspasia Point is a steep rocky headland forming the west extremity of Fanning Ridge, lying east-southeast of Cape Nuñez on the south coast of the island of South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee following mapping by the South Georgia Survey in 1951–52...

 and the west side of Newark Bay

Newark Bay

Newark Bay is a tidal bay at the confluence of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers in northeastern New Jersey. It is home to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the largest container shipping facility in Port of New York and New Jersey, 3rd largest and one of busiest in the United States...

. The ridge was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), following its mapping by the SGS in 1951-52, for Captain Edmund Fanning

Edmund Fanning

Edmund Fanning was an American explorer and sea captain, known as the "Pathfinder of the Pacific."-Life:...

(1770–1841) of Stonington, CT, who with the Aspasia took 57,000 fur seal skins at South Georgia in 1800-01, and published the earliest account of sealing there.