Mummy Ridge
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Mummy Ridge is a ridge 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Pyramid Peak
in the Destination Nunataks
, north Victoria Land
. The ridge was visited in 1981-82 by Bradley Field, geologist, New Zealand Geological Survey, who suggested the name in association with nearby Pyramid Peak and Sphinx Peak
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Pyramid Peak (Antarctica)
Pyramid Peak is a peak in the southeast part of Destination Nunataks, Victoria Land, rising to 2,565 m. It is located 1 mile north of Sphinx Peak. Descriptively named by the Northern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63....
in the Destination Nunataks
Destination Nunataks
Destination Nunataks is a group of peaks and nunataks, 9 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, rising to 2,565 m at Pyramid Peak and including Sphinx Peak, Andrews Peak, Mummy Ridge, and unnamed nunataks to the northwest, located in northeast Evans Neve, 7 nautical miles northwest of...
, north 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...
. The ridge was visited in 1981-82 by Bradley Field, geologist, New Zealand Geological Survey, who suggested the name in association with nearby Pyramid Peak and Sphinx Peak
Sphinx Peak
Sphinx Peak is a massive summit 1 nautical mile south of Pyramid Peak, in the southeast part of Destination Nunataks, Victoria Land. Named in association with Pyramid Peak by the Northern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63....
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