The Moraines beach
The Moraines beach | ||
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The ice-free The Strand Moraines (red circle) on the western flank of the mouth of the Koettlitz Glacier (left) halfway to the snow-covered headland of Butter Point (center left) |
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location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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Coordinates | 77 ° 45 ′ S , 164 ° 31 ′ E |
The Strand Moraines ( English for the shore moraines ) are primeval lateral moraines of the Koettlitz Glacier on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They are located on the outer edge of the Bowers-Piedmont Glacier .
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered them. Scott changed the original name "The Eskers" to the name we use today based on the appearance.
Web links
- The beach Moranes in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Strand Moranes on geographic.org (English)