Biscuit Step
| Biscuit Step | ||
|---|---|---|
 Topographic map of the Tucker Glacier with the Pemmican Step (top) and the Biscuit Step (middle) |
||
| location | Viktorialand , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Type | Glacier break | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 22 ′ S , 168 ° 30 ′ E | |
|
||
| drainage | Tucker Glacier | |
The Biscuit step is next to the pemmican Step one of the two stages in the course of Tucker Glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It lies above the confluence of the Trafalgar Glacier in the Victory Mountains . The northern half is crossed by crevasses , while the southern half offers a comfortable ascent route.
Named it after the hard biscuits (English biscuits ) that the food rations for participants in the 1957 lasting until 1958 campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition belonged and which had been dumped at this point.
Web links
- Biscuit step in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Biscuit Step on geographic.org (English)