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Rice Ridge

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Rice Ridge (73°27′S 93°50′W) is a low ridge with rocky exposures, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, which extends from the north side of Anderson Dome in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Robert A. Rice, U.S. Navy, Supply and Fiscal Officer of Mobile Construction Battalion One on U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1962.

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

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