Tramway Ridge

Ridge on Mount Erebus

Tramway Ridge is a ridge that rises to about 3450 m above sea level in the north-west part of the summit caldera of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. The ridge is formed by the levees (banks) on the side of a young lava flow. The appearance of the feature is suggestive of a set of railway or tram lines.

## Antarctic Specially Protected Area

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The lower end of the ridge is protected as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.130 because it supports a scientifically unusual ecosystem of exceptional value to botanists, phycologists and microbiologists. Mount Erebus is one of only three known high altitude sites with fumarolic activity and associated vegetation in Antarctica, the other two being Mounts Melbourne and Rittmann.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Tramway Ridge, Mt Erebus, Ross Island" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 130: Measure 1. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-12.

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

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Ross Island

Structures
and bases|

* Discovery Hut
* Lower Erebus Hut
* Arrival Heights Laboratory
* McMurdo Station
* Scott Base
* Scott's Hut
* Shackleton's Hut
* World Park Base

Elevated
features|

| Mountains|

* Abbott Peak
* Ainley Peak
* Barker Peak
* Beeby Peak
* Caldwell Peak
* Chuan Peak
* Mount Cis
* Coleman Peak
* Coughran Peak
* Detrick Peak
* Dibble Peak
* The Fang
* Joyce Peak
* Kristin Peak
* Mount McIntosh
* Manahan Peak
* Mount Melton
* Millennium Peak
* Moore Peak
* Nash Peak
* Oamaru Peak
* Ohau Peak
* Parawera Cone
* Scanniello Peak
* Sherve Peak
* Slattery Peak
* Mount Sutherland
* Tarakäkä Peak
* Te Puna Roimata Peak
* Tent Peak
* Three Sisters Cones
* Turret Cone
* Wong Peak

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Volcanoes|

* Mount Bird
* Black Knob
* Boulder Cones
* Cinder Hill
* Mount Erebus (Erebus hotspot)
* First Crater
* Gamble Cone
* Half Moon Crater
* Hoopers Shoulder
* Inner Crater
* Kyle Cone
* Kyle Hills
* Main Crater
* Observation Hill
* Second Crater
* Sheppard Crater
* Mount Terra Nova
* Mount Terror
* Topping Cone
* Twin Crater

Hills|

* Alexander Hill
* Black Knob
* Cone Hill
* Conical Hill
* Fitzgerald Hill
* Ford Rock
* Inclusion Hill
* Keys Hill
* The Knoll
* Lutz Hill
* Observation Hill
* Post Office Hill
* Trachyte Hill

Nunataks|

* Allen Rocks
* Castle Rock
* Centipede Nunatak
* Kaka Nunatak
* Kakapo Nunatak
* Kea Nunataks
* Kienle Nunataks
* Mümü Nunatak
* Norman Crag
* Pōnui Nunatak
* Takahe Nunatak
* Tazieff Rocks
* The Tooth

Inland
features|

| Cliffs|

* Arrival Heights
* Esser Bluff
* Grazyna Bluff
* Helo Cliffs
* Kaminuma Bluff
* Krall Crags
* Palais Bluff
* Terrie Bluff
* Vee Cliffs
* Williams Cliff

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Glaciers|

* Aurora Glacier
* Barne Glacier
* Eastwind Glacier
* Endeavour Piedmont Glacier
* Erebus Glacier
* Erebus Glacier Tongue
* Fang Glacier
* Shell Glacier

Lakes|

* Algal Lake
* Blue Lake
* Clear Lake
* Coast Lake
* Deep Lake
* Island Lake
* Pony Lake
* Skua Lake
* Starr Lake
* Sunk Lake
* Terrace Lake

Ridges|

* Fang Ridge
* Giggenbach Ridge
* Glacier Ridge
* Guardrail Ridge
* Ice Tower Ridge
* Panter Ridge
* Rohnke Crests
* Ruru Crests
* Tech Crags
* Tekapo Ridge
* Tramway Ridge
* Turks Head Ridge
* Warren Ridge

Other inland
features|

* Bird Saddle
* Camp Slope
* Crystal Slope
* Fitzgerald Stream
* Fortress Rocks
* Harrison Stream
* Lofty Promenade
* New College Valley
* Pakaru Icefalls
* The Ramp
* Robot Gully
* Wilson Stream

Coastal
features|

| Bays|

* Backdoor Bay
* Erebus Bay
* Fog Bay, Antarctica
* Lewis Bay
* Turks Head Bay
* Windless Bight
* Winter Quarters Bay
* Wohlschlag Bay

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Headlands|

* Cape Barne
* Cape Bird
* Cape Crozier
* Dufek Head
* Cape Evans
* Flagstaff Point
* Harrison Bluff
* Hut Point Peninsula
* Keys Point
* Cape MacKay
* Micou Point
* Newport Point
* Cape Royds
* Cape Tennyson
* Terror Point
* Towle Point
* Tryggve Point
* Turks Head
* Varcoe Headland
* Wyandot Point

Other coastal
features|

* Caughley Beach
* McDonald Beach
* McMurdo Ice Shelf
* Waipuke Beach
* Williamson Rock

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Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

Queen Elizabeth Land|

* Davis Valley
* Forlidas Pond

Queen Maud Land|

* Dakshin Gangotri Glacier
* Svarthamaren Mountain
* Yukidori Valley

Mac. Robertson Land|

* Murray Monolith
* Rookery Islands
* Scullin Monolith
* Taylor Rookery

Princess Elizabeth Land|

* Amanda Bay
* Hawker Island
* Mount Harding
* Mule Peninsula

Queen Mary Land|

* Haswell Island

Wilkes Land|

* Ardery Island
* Bailey Peninsula
* Charlton Island
* Clark Peninsula
* Dewart Island
* Frazier Islands
* Nelly Island
* Odbert Island

Adélie Land|

* Bernard Island
* Bon Docteur Nunatak
* Carrel Island
* Géologie Archipelago
* Lamarck Island
* Port Martin
* Rostand Island

George V Land|

* Mawson's Huts

Victoria Land|

* Balham Valley
* Barwick Valley
* Canada Glacier
* Cape Adare
* Cape Geology
* Cape Hallett
* Cape Washington
* Edmonson Point
* Linnaeus Terrace
* Mount Melbourne
* Mount Rittmann
* Seabee Hook

Ross Sea|

* Arrival Heights
* Backdoor Bay
* Beaufort Island
* Cape Crozier
* Cape Evans
* Cape Royds
* Hut Point Peninsula
* Lewis Bay
* New College Valley
* North-west White Island
* Sabrina Island
* Tramway Ridge

Palmer Land|

* Ablation Lake
* Ablation Point
* Ablation Point – Ganymede Heights
* Ablation Valley
* Erratic Valley
* Flatiron Valley
* Ganymede Heights
* Himalia Ridge
* Marion Nunataks
* Mount Martine
* Mount Monique
* Moutonnée Lake
* Striation Valley

Graham Land|

* Apéndice Island
* Avian Island
* Biscoe Point
* Bransfield Strait
* Cierva Point
* Dion Islands
* Eastern Dallmann Bay
* Emperor Island
* Green Island
* Lagotellerie Island
* Litchfield Island
* Midas Island
* Moss Islands
* Mount Flora
* Rothera Point
* South Bay

South Shetlands|

* Admiralty Bay
* Ardley Island
* Byers Peninsula
* Cape Shirreff
* Collins Point
* Coppermine Peninsula
* Crater Lake
* Deception Island
* Discovery Bay
* Fildes Peninsula
* Harmony Point
* Kroner Lake
* Lions Rump
* Mount Pond
* Narębski Point
* Pendulum Cove
* Port Foster
* Potter Peninsula
* Ronald Hill
* San Telmo Island
* South East Point
* Stonethrow Ridge
* Suffield Point
* Telefon Bay

South Orkneys|

* Christoffersen Island
* Coronation Island
* Fredriksen Island
* Grey Island
* Lynch Island
* Michelsen Island
* Moe Island
* Southern Powell Island

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