Lower Staircase

Lower Staircase is the lower, eastern portion of Skelton Glacier, between The Landing and Clinker Bluff in the Hillary Coast region of the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. It was surveyed and given this descriptive name in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58.^[1]

References

↑ "Lower Staircase". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-05.

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Coordinates: 78°25′S 161°45′E / 78.417°S 161.750°E / -78.417; 161.750

Types

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Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glacifluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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