Two Step Moraine
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| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 53 ′ S , 68 ° 20 ′ W | |
The Two Step Moraine ( English for two-step moraine ) is an approximately 250 by 250 m large area of fine moraine rubble on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . They are at the foot of the Two Step Cliffs . Special features of this area are the moist subsoil, two ponds on it and the abundance of mosses , algae and cyanobacteria .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1993 based on the cliffs of the same name.
Web links
- Two Step Moraine in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Two Step Moraine on geographic.org (English)