Steershead Crevasses
| Steershead Crevasses | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 10 ′ S , 164 ° 0 ′ W | |
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The Steershead Crevasses (English for cattle head crevasses ) are a large and striking area of crevasses in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . The crevasses run through the Ross Ice Shelf 110 km south of Roosevelt Island . In their outline they are reminiscent of a huge head of a cow .
The crevasses are a prominent landmark on flights from McMurdo Station on Ross Island to Byrd Station in Marie Byrd Land . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1966 at the suggestion of the geographers Kenneth J. Bertrand (1910–1978) of the Catholic University of America and Fred G. Alberts.
Web links
- Steershead Crevasses in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Steershead Crevasses on geographic.org (English)