Lower staircase
| Lower staircase | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 25 ′ S , 161 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Skelton Glacier | |
Lower Staircase (English for Lower staircase ) represents the lower eastern section of the Skelton Glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . This section is located between the snowfield The Landing and the Clinker Bluff .
It was mapped and named in 1957 by the New Zealand crew of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). The glacier section was a stage for the ascent to the polar plateau during this research trip on the march to the geographic South Pole .
Web links
- Lower Staircase in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lower Staircase on geographic.org (English)