Feature Name (see definition): Ramsay Wedge

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12339

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 26' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 025° 43' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.4333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -25.7166667

Elevation (see definition): 1200

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A narrow rock spur, 2 mi long, with talus slopes rising to c. 1,200 m, located 2 mi SW of Mount Absalom in the SW portion of the Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Sir Andrew C. Ramsay (1814-91), Scottish geologist who first recognized the glacial origin of rock basins in 1862; Director-General, Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1871-81.

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