Name StatusApprovedFeatureRidgeNZ Gazette Reference2001 (48) p.1094DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionFeature # 18 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. A narrow broken ridge 2 mi S of Williams Cliff on Ross Island. The feature rises to c. 1000 m and marks a declivity along the N flank of broad Turks Head Ridge, from which ice moves to Pakaru Icefalls. Named by US-ACAN (2000) after the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, known as New Mexico Tech. From 1981, many Tech students under the direction of Philip R Kyle have undertaken graduate research projects (thesis and dissertation) on Mount Erebus, Ross Island.
