Pardo Ridge

{{Short description|Mountain ridge in Elephant Island, Antarctica}}

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Pardo Ridge is the second highest part of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, reaching an altitude of 853 meters.{{Cite journal |last=Hodgson |first=Dominic A. |last2=Graham |first2=Alastair G.C. |date=2014 |title=Terrestrial and submarine evidence for the extent and timing of the Last Glacial Maximum and the onset of deglaciation on the maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands |url=https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2562&context=msc_facpub |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |volume=100 |pages=142–3 |via=Digital Commons @ University of South Florida}} It extends from The White Company in the west to Cape Valentine in the east.{{Cite web |title=Gazetteer - AADC |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=129845 |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=data.aad.gov.au}} It was mapped by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71, and named by the UK-APC after Captain Luis Pardo, commander of the Chilean tug Yelcho which rescued shipwrecked members of Shackleton's Endurance from Elephant Island's Wild Point in August 1916.{{Cite web |title=201610 by Navy News - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/201610 |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}