Boyn Ridge
Boyn Ridge (69°7′S 71°48′W / 69.117°S 71.800°WCoordinates: 69°7′S 71°48′W / 69.117°S 71.800°W) is the northernmost ridge of the Havre Mountains, north Alexander Island, Antarctica. Following geological work by the British Antarctic Survey, 1976–77, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980 after Charles Boyn, Director, Agence General Maritime, France, who superintended the building of the expedition ship Pourquoi-Pas? of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10.
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