Vestal Ridge

Vestal Ridge is a steep rock ridge in southeast Beacon Valley, rising to 2,240 m and forming the divide between Mullins Valley and Farnell Valley, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1993 after J. Robie Vestal (1942–92), a microbiologist at the University of Cincinnati, 1983–92, and the chairman of the advisory committee to the Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1990-91. His research in Antarctica focused on adaptations of microbial ecosystems to the extreme environments.

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