Suture Bench
| Suture Bench | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mesa Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Suture Bench (English for seam bench ) is a terrace-like hill in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Mesa Range , it rises at the southeast end of Gair Mesa above the head end of the Campbell Glacier .
The northern group of a 1962-1963 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition . It was named after the fact that a sled dog was so badly injured in a fight with another that its wounds had to be stitched .
Web links
- Suture Bench in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Suture Bench on geographic.org (English)