Probe Ridge

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Probe Ridge (71°50′S, 68°21′W) is a prominent snow-free terraced ridge forming part of the north flank of Viking Valley on Alexander Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1993 after the space probe which surveyed Mars in 1976.

This article incorporates text from Probe 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.