Aeolus Ridge
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Aeolus Ridge () is a ridge trending NE-SW and rising to about 1,300 m at the southern end of Planet Heights in eastern Alexander Island. Named in 1987 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Aeolus, the Greek god of wind, in reference to prevailing weather encountered here by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) parties.
This article incorporates text from Aeolus Ridge, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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