Rugate Ridge () is a high, east-trending ridge between
Green
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a com ...
and
Evans Glaciers on the east side of
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that 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 ...
. It ends up in
Pirne Peak on the northeast and
Nedev Peak on the southeast, with
Musina Glacier flowing in between. Surveyed by
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies
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(FIDS) in 1955. So named by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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(UK-APC) because many small ridges and spurs make up the feature ("rugate" means "ridgy").
Ridges of Graham Land
Oscar II Coast
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