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Archimedes Ridge

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Coordinates: 69°10′30″N 161°16′30″W / 69.17500°N 161.27500°W / 69.17500; -161.27500
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Archimedes Ridge [el. 1,585 ft (483 m)] is a ridge in North Slope Borough, Alaska, in the United States.[1]

Archimedes Ridge was so named because it resembles an Archimedes' screw in aerial photographs.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Archimedes Ridge
  2. ^ Geological Survey (U.S.) (1960). Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 52.

69°10′30″N 161°16′30″W / 69.17500°N 161.27500°W / 69.17500; -161.27500


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