Feature Name (see definition): Kuivinen Ridge

Feature Class (see definition): Ridge

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18746

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 14' 15" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 45' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.2375

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.75

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2005

Description (see definition): A transverse ridge extending SW-NE across St. Johns Range between an unnamed glacier and the Ringer Glacier in Victoria Land. The ridge is 5 mi long and rises to 1750 m at Lanyon Peak. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after ice coring specialist Karl C. Kuivinen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1974-2003; Field Operations Manager, Ross Ice Shelf Project Management Office, UNL, 1974-78; Director, Polar Ice Coring Office, UNL, 1979-89 and 1994-2001; 15 summer field seasons in Antarctica, 1968-2000; 24 summer field seasons in Greenland and Alaska 1974-99.

Date Created (see definition): 01/01/2005

Date Edited (see definition): No data