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===Schoonmaker Ridge=== {{coord|79|39|S|158|50|E}}. A jagged ridge, 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) long, that runs east from the south part of [[Reeves Plateau]], Cook Mountains. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) after remote sensing scientist James W. (Bill) Schoonmaker, Jr., topographic engineer, [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS). He spent three austral summers in Antarctica, 1972β76, with geodetic work at [[South Pole]], [[Byrd Station]], [[Antarctic Peninsula]], [[Ellsworth Mountains]] and [[Ross Ice Shelf]], where he determined the precise location of geophysical sites established during the Ross Ice Shelf Project, 1973-74 field season.{{sfn|Schoonmaker Ridge USGS}}
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