Arrol ice fall
| Arrol ice fall | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| length | 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ S , 60 ° 36 ′ 12 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Weddell Sea | |
The Arrol Icefall is a 5 km long glacier break on the Nordenskjöld coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on the south side of the Detroit Plateau at a distance of 13 km northwest of Cape Worsley .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a mapping from 1960 to 1961. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the British company Arrol-Johnston , manufacturer of the first automobile to be driven in Antarctica. This vehicle was used on the Nimrod expedition (1907–1909) led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Arrol Icefall in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arrol Icefall on geographic.org (English)