The Ford Ranges (77°0′S 144°0′W / 77°S 144°W / -77; -144) is a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Company, who helped finance the expedition.
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—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)