Skelton Firn Field
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 Map sheet Mount Harmsworth from 1963 (new edition 1988) with the SKELTON NÉVÉ |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| surface | 2100 km² | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 20 ′ S , 160 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Skelton Glacier | |
The Skelton Firn Field is an extensive firn field of the Skelton Glacier in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . To the west of the Royal Society Range , the round firn field has a diameter of around 60 km and extends over an area of almost 2100 km 2 .
It was explored by the New Zealand crew of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958), who named it after the name of the glacier of the same name. It is named after Reginald Skelton (1872–1965), chief engineer on the British Discovery Expedition (1901–1904).
Web links
- Skelton Névé in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skelton Névé on geographic.org (English)