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Mercer Ridge (84°50′S 113°45′W / 84.833°S 113.75°W) is a prominent, partly ice-free ridge that forms the southwest end of Mount Schopf in Ohio Range, Horlick Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John H. Mercer (1922–87), glacial geologist, a member of the Ohio State University expedition to the Horlick Mountains in 1960-61. He returned to work in the Horlick Mountains, 1964–65, and later worked in the Antarctic, Alaska, Greenland, Argetina, Chile, and Peru; with the Institute of Polar Studies (now Byrd Research Center), Ohio State University, 1966-87.
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