Johnstone Ridge
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Johnstone Ridge is a mainly ice-free ridge in the Britannia Range, extending 7 nautical miles (13 km) north from Mount Olympus
toward the south side of Hatherton Glacier
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Graeme N. Johnstone, a member of the Byrd Substation auroral party, winter 1962, and the McMurdo Station
winter party, 1964.
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, about 100 kilometres away from Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city. Mount Olympus has 52 peaks. The highest peak Mytikas, meaning "nose", rises to 2,917 metres...
toward the south side of Hatherton Glacier
Hatherton Glacier
Hatherton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the Antarctic polar plateau generally eastward along the south side of the Darwin Mountains and entering Darwin Glacier at Junction Spur....
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Graeme N. Johnstone, a member of the Byrd Substation auroral party, winter 1962, and the McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
winter party, 1964.