Icenhower Ridge
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Icenhower Ridge () is a broad, mainly ice-covered ridge that rises to over 1600 m between Yancey Glacier and Sennet Glacier in Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Byrd Glacier and Sennet Glacier, after Commander Joseph B. Icenhower, U.S. Navy, captain of USS Sennet, a submarine (Central Group of Task Force 68) of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, led by Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd.
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