Rice Ridge
Rice Ridge (73°27′S 93°50′W / 73.450°S 93.833°WCoordinates: 73°27′S 93°50′W / 73.450°S 93.833°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.
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