Holystone Slope
| Holystone Slope | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range | |
| width | ⌀ 1.9 km | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 46 ′ S , 161 ° 20 ′ E | |
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Holystone Slope is a 1.9 km wide ice slope in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Convoy Range , it begins at the flight deck firn field and runs north-west with a gentle slope between Dotson Ridge and Dory-Nunatak .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named the ice slope in 1993 after the holystone , a specific form of sandstone that was used in the 18th and 19th centuries in the Royal Navy and then in the United States Navy for cleaning ship decks .
Web links
- Holystone Slope in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Holystone Slope on geographic.org (English)