Lomas Ridge (64°22′S 57°35′W / 64.367°S 57.583°W / -64.367; -57.583) is a ridge, 3 kilometres (2 mi) long, trending north-northwest–south-southeast, midway between Jefford Point and Tortoise Hill, in southeastern James Ross Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1995 after Simon Andrew Lomas (born 1965), a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist who was a member of the BAS field party in the area, 1994–95.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Lomas Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-06-28.

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