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[[File:FORD RANGES.jpg|thumb|Map of the Ford Ranges and surrounding features]] | [[File:FORD RANGES.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|Map of the Ford Ranges and surrounding features]] | ||
[[File:Ford-Ranges.jpg|thumb|400px|Expedition camp in the Ford Ranges]] | [[File:Ford-Ranges.jpg|thumb|400px|Expedition camp in the Ford Ranges]] | ||
The '''Ford Ranges''' are a group of mountain ranges standing east of the [[Sulzberger Ice Shelf]] and [[Block Bay]] in the northwest part of [[Westarctica]]. Discovered by the [[Richard E. Byrd|Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] on 5 December 1929, and named by Byrd for Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Company, who helped finance the expedition. | The '''Ford Ranges''' are a group of mountain ranges standing east of the [[Sulzberger Ice Shelf]] and [[Block Bay]] in the northwest part of [[Westarctica]]. Discovered by the [[Richard E. Byrd|Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] on 5 December 1929, and named by Byrd for Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Company, who helped finance the expedition. |
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