Quaternary Icefall

Quaternary Icefall

Quaternary Icefall (coord|77|18|S|166|30|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a western lobe of the Mount Bird icecap, descending steeply into Wohlschlag Bay 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Cinder Hill on Ross Island. The site was mapped and so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, because of the Quaternary glacial period marine shells carried by the glacier and deposited in terminal moraines.


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