Gargoyle Ridge

Gargoyle Ridge (82°24′S 159°30′E) is a high rock ridge forming the south end of the Cobham Range in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. It was so named by the Holyoake, Cobham, and Queen Elizabeth Ranges party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1964–65) because of the curiously wind-carved rock buttresses on top of the ridge.[1]

Gargoyle Ridge on November 11, 2016. Image taken by helicopter. Wright Valley visible behind the ridge.
Gargoyle Ridge (foreground) as seen on November 11, 2016, by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

References
  1. "Gargoyle Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-17.

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