Pardo Ridge is the second highest part of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, reaching an altitude of 853 meters. [1] It extends from The White Company in the west to Cape Valentine in the east. [2] 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. [2] [3]
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