Scuppers ice falls
| Scuppers ice falls | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| width | Max. 8 kilometers | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 48 ′ S , 161 ° 36 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Benson Glacier | |
The Scuppers Icefalls are a large glacier break on the edge of the Flight Deck Firnfield in East Antarctic Victoria Land . They are located between Mount Razorback and Mount Nespelen in the Convoy Range and merge with the Benson Glacier with a vertical gradient of 400 m .
The ice falls, like numerous other geographical objects in the Convoy Range, have a nautical name. They are named after the scupper ( English scupper ).
Web links
- Scuppers Icefalls in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scuppers Icefalls on geographic.org (English)