Upper Staircase

Upper Staircase (78°15′S 161°0′E) is the upper eastern portion of Skelton Glacier, just north of The Landing, which merges into the Skelton Neve in the Hillary Coast region of the Ross Dependency. Surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) and so named because of its staircase effect in being the key for the approach to the polar plateau.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Upper Staircase". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

Types

Aufeis
Cirque
Ice cap
Ice field
Ice sheet
Ice shelf
Ice stream
Ledoyom
Outlet glacier
Piedmont glacier
Rock glacier
Valley glacier

Anatomy

Processes

Measurements

Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup 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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