Pavie Ridge or Cap Pavie or Île Pavie is an isolated rocky

Rock (geology)

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 ridge

Ridge

A ridge is a geological feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size. There are several main types of ridges:...

 rising over 500 m, which extends south and west from Martin Glacier

Martin Glacier

Martin Glacier is a glacier, 3 miles wide and 9 miles long, which flows west and then northwest from the south side of Mount Lupa to the southeast corner of Rymill Bay where it joins the Bertrand Ice Piedmont, on the west coast of Graham Land. Martin Glacier was first surveyed in 1936 by the...

 to Moraine Cove

Moraine Cove

Moraine Cove is a small cove at the north end of Mikkelsen Bay along the west coast of Graham Land. A moraine descends to the cove from the southwest end of Pavie Ridge. The name derives from the provisional name "Moraine Point," used by Professor Robert L. Nichols of the Ronne Antarctic Research...

, and forms the southeastern limit of Bertrand Ice Piedmont

Bertrand Ice Piedmont

Bertrand Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont about long and from wide, lying between Rymill Bay and Mikkelsen Bay on the Fallières Coast of Graham Land.Bertrand Ice Piedmont is bounded on the southeast side by Pavie Ridge and on the northeast side by Black Thumb...

, on the west coast of Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. Pavie Ridge is located at 68°34′S 66°59′W and has an elevation of 500 m. The name "Île Pavie" was given in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....

 under Jean-Baptiste Charcot to an island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

, or possible cape

Cape

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, shown on the French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....

 maps in 68°27′S 66°40′W. From a position 15 miles southeast of Jenny Island

Jenny Island (Marguerite Bay)

Jenny Island or Isla Juanita is a rocky island long which rises to , lying east of Cape Alexandra, the southeastern extremity of Adelaide Island, in northern Marguerite Bay. Jenny Island is located at...

, Maurice Bongrain, French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....

 surveyor, made sketches of this feature which were labeled "Île Pavie" and "Cap Pavie".

This general area was surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition

British Graham Land Expedition

A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...

 (BGLE) under John Riddoch Rymill

John Riddoch Rymill

John Riddoch Rymill was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.- Early life :Rymill was born the son of a farmer on 13 March 1905 at Penola, South Australia...

, but the feature named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot was not identified. Following further surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948, Jean-Baptiste Charcot's "Île Pavie" was identified from Maurice Bongrain's sketches as the feature now named Red Rock Ridge

Red Rock Ridge

Red Rock Ridge or Morro Roca Roja or Promontorio Roca Roja is a conspicuous reddish-colored ridge or promontory which rises to 690 m and projects from the west coast of Graham Land between Neny Fjord and Rymill Bay. Red Rock Ridge is located at and has an elevation of 690 m...

. The name Red Rock Ridge

Red Rock Ridge

Red Rock Ridge or Morro Roca Roja or Promontorio Roca Roja is a conspicuous reddish-colored ridge or promontory which rises to 690 m and projects from the west coast of Graham Land between Neny Fjord and Rymill Bay. Red Rock Ridge is located at and has an elevation of 690 m...

 is now too firmly established to alter. The name Pavie Ridge has therefore been approved for the isolated rocky

Rock (geology)

In geology, rock or stone is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...

 ridge

Ridge

A ridge is a geological feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size. There are several main types of ridges:...

 described above as forming the southern limit of Bertrand Ice Piedmont

Bertrand Ice Piedmont

Bertrand Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont about long and from wide, lying between Rymill Bay and Mikkelsen Bay on the Fallières Coast of Graham Land.Bertrand Ice Piedmont is bounded on the southeast side by Pavie Ridge and on the northeast side by Black Thumb...

, and whose position is not far removed from the original position indicated by Jean-Baptiste Charcot. Pavie Ridge was named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot, presumably for Auguste J. M. Pavie (1847-1925), French

France

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 diplomat

Diplomat

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 and explorer.