Cherry ice fall
| Cherry ice fall | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 27 ′ S , 167 ° 40 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Beardmore Glacier | |
The Cherry Icefall is a small glacial break on the south side of Barnes Peak in the Queen Alexandra Range of the Transantarctic Mountains , which flows into the Beardmore Glacier .
Participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913), led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott , originally named the formation as the Cherry Glacier . At the suggestion of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–1962), the name was changed to the current form, as this corresponds more to the nature of the formation. It is named after the British polar explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886–1959), a participant in the Terra Nova expedition.
Web links
- Cherry Icefall in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cherry Icefall on geographic.org (English)