 The western portion, near Mansergh Wall, rises to over ; elevations decline to near Algie Glacier.The ridge was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Barbara McClintock of the Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1942–67, although she continued full-time research, supported by Carnegie, until her death.McClintock was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983.