- Matsch Ridge
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Matsch Ridge (77°34′S 86°20′W / 77.567°S 86.333°W) is a prominent ridge at an elevation of about 1,830 m, extending 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) in a west-northwest direction from Mount Ulmer, Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1982 after Charles Matsch, Professor of Geology, University of Minnesota, Duluth, who as a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ellsworth Mountains Expedition, 1979–80, worked at this ridge.
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