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Aeolus Ridge
Aeolus
Ridge
is a ridge
trending
northeast-southwest and rising to about
lying in
the
upper
Uranus Glacier
at the southern end of
Planet Heights
in
eastern
Alexander Island
,
Antarctica
. Named in 1987 by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
after Aeolus, the
Greek god
of wind, in
reference
to prevailing
weather
encountered
here by
British Antarctic Survey
parties.