A ridge top site on Mount Danforth 13km to the east of Scott Glacier; on a sloping surface below the ridge top
Altitude:
1775 m
Aspect:
W
Slope:
22 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GGC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
85° 55.8' S 149° 30' W
85° 55.8' S 149° 30' W
Latitude Longitude DD
-85.9300 -149.50
-85.9300 -149.50
Latitude longitude precision DD
0.0008 0.08
0.0008 0.08
Locality
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains, in mountains just south of the Albanus Glacier
Survey
US Geological Survey 1:250 000 1968, Wisconsin Range
Climate
Soil climate zone:
Central Mountain
Estimated mean annual temperature:
-40
°C
Frozen ground depth:
45 > cm
Frozen type:
Dry frozen
Frozen comment:
>45cm
Geology
Geological setting:
Dark coloured old volcanic rock possibly belonging to the Wyatt Formation outcrop on the ridge
Patterned ground:
Nil
Surface weathering or surface features:
Surface rock outcrops have distinct dark staining, fragmented rocks have ice crystals between clasts; rock fragments are angular; occasional scattered salts beneath some clasts
Soil
Soil parent material:
Slope debris from fragmented volcanic rock with minor granite
Many snow patches on the ridge surface and probably some occasional thaw from snow on dark coloured rocks
Biological activity:
Nil observed
Profile Description
Horizon
Depth
Description
252c
salts on surface rock fragments
252a
0 – 5 cm
light yellowish brown to light olive brown (2.5Y 6/4/- 5/4) granular to cobbly gravel; loose but with some fines adhering to rock particles; rock particles angular and unstained but some altered; indistinct boundary,
252b
35 – 40 cm
light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) granular to cobbly gravel; loose; rock particles angular and unstained;