Chain Moraines
| Chain Moraines | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 11 ′ S , 160 ° 30 ′ E | |
The Chain Moraines ( English for bicycle chain moraines ) are wandering moraines in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They are located 5 km east of Skew Peak at the confluence of the Rim , Sprocket and Mackay glaciers and include the lateral moraines on the western flank of the Rim glacier.
The naming in 1995 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee goes back to the use of bicycles as a means of transport when exploring the area by the team led by the New Zealand glaciologist Trevor J. H. Chinn (* 1937) between 1992 and 1993.
Web links
- Chain Moraines in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chain Moraines on geographic.org (English)