Access slope
| Access slope | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Darwin Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 41 ′ S , 156 ° 3 ′ E | |
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The Access Slope (loosely translated: Access steep slope ) is an ice slope between the north end of the ridge Lindstrom Ridge and Tether rock in the meteorites Hills of Darwin Mountains .
It is located at the western end of the Circle Icefall in the Darwin Glacier and represents the only possible ascent (English: access ) over the icefall. The Darwin Glacier Team of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958 ) took the descriptive name ) who were the first to venture down this route.
Web links
- Access Slope in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Access Slope on geographic.org (English)