Crystal Slope
Crystal Slope | ||
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location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
Mountains | Mount Erebus | |
Coordinates | 77 ° 32 ' S , 167 ° 9' E | |
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Crystal Slope is an ice slope at an altitude of 3700 m on the west side of Mount Erebus on the Antarctic Ross Island . It leads down from the rim of the summit crater between Camp Slope and Robot Gully .
The name of the ice slope is a scree slope that contains large crystals of anorthoclase .
Web links
- Crystal Slope in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Crystal Slope on geographic.org (English)