Mistral Ridge
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Mistral Ridge () is a mostly snow-covered ridge extending in a north-northwest–south-southeast direction, located east of Zonda Towers, Rymill Coast,
Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...
, Antarctica. The ridge was photographed from the air by the
U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft ...
in 1966, and surveyed by the
British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...
in 1971–72. It was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...
in 1977 after the mistral, the cold northwesterly wind of southern France. This is one of several features in the area named after winds.


See also

* Pampero Pass * Spindrift Bluff


References

Ridges of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub