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Jamieson Ridge (80°27′S 25°53′W / 80.450°S 25.883°W / -80.450; -25.883) is a narrow ridge 1 nautical mile (2 km) long, rising to about 1,200 metres (4,000 ft) at the southwestern end of the Herbert Mountains, in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after Thomas F. Jamieson, a Scottish geologist whose work on the ice-worn rocks of Scotland developed the true origin of glacial striae in 1862, and who in 1865 originated the theory of isostasy.

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1. "Jamieson Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 17 July 2012.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Jamieson Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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