A small dry valley area at the head of a lobe of ice extending into an embayment on the west side of Ackerman Ridge; from a ridge side rock outcrop
Altitude:
1800 m
Aspect:
Nil
Slope:
0 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GGC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
86° 33.0' S 147° 58' W
86° 33' S 147° 58' W
Latitude Longitude DD
-86.550 -147.967
-86.550 -147.967
Latitude longitude precision DD
0.008 0.008
0.008 0.008
Locality
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains on Ackerman Ridge
Survey
US Geological Survey 1:250 000, 1968, Mount Blackburn
Climate
Soil climate zone:
Inland Mountain
Estimated mean annual temperature:
-38
°C
Frozen ground depth:
0 cm
Frozen type:
Frozen comment:
Geology
Geological setting:
Valley head tills mark successive retreat stages of the Scott Glacier; being furthermost from the ice edge, on the valley side above the tills, weathering and surface age appears to increase; calcium carbonate occurs on till with predominantly granitic rocks
Patterned ground:
Weakly to moderately developed
Surface weathering or surface features:
Rocks mainly angular but some weak surface staining