Wild ice falls
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 Map sheet with the Wild Icefalls (bottom right) |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 55 ′ S , 162 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Beardmore Glacier | |
The Wild Icefalls are extensive glacial breaks in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains , they lie between Mount Wild and Mount Buckley at the head of the Beardmore Glacier .
Scientists from a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition carried out from 1961 to 1962 named it after the name of Mount Wild. Its namesake is the British polar explorer Frank Wild (1873-1939).
Web links
- Wild Icefalls in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wild Icefalls on geographic.org (English)