McClintock Ridge

McClintock Ridge (82°3′S 161°0′E) is a prominent east–west ridge that is ice covered, 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Rubin Peak in the Carnegie Range of the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica. The ridge comprises several aligned summits that descend the east slope of the range for 7 nautical miles (13 km), ending at Algie Glacier. The western portion, near Mansergh Wall, rises to over 1,400 metres (4,600 ft); elevations decline to 400 metres (1,300 ft) near Algie Glacier. The ridge was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Barbara McClintock of the Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1942–67, although she continued full-time research, supported by Carnegie, until her death. McClintock was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983.