Pearsall Ridge

Pearsall Ridge (77°52′S 163°6′E) is a ridge, for the most part ice covered, which extends east-northeast from Royal Society Range between Descent Pass and Covert Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard A. Pearsall, cartographer, United States Geological Survey (USGS); member of the USGS geodetic control party to the Ellsworth Mountains in the 1979-80 season; additional work during the season at South Pole Station, determining the true position of the Geographic South Pole.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Pearsall Ridge" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).