Southern Hut Point Peninsula approximately 1km northwest of Scott Base and .5km south of Crater Hill; on a gently sloping terrace like surface north of the Scott Base-McMurdo road
Altitude:
170 m
Aspect:
SW
Slope:
2 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GGC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
77° 50' S 166° 42' E
77° 50' 45" S 166° 42' 15" E
Latitude Longitude DD
-77.83 166.700
-77.8458 166.7042
Latitude longitude precision DD
0.08 0.008
0.0009 0.0009
Locality
Ross Island; McMurdo Sound
Survey
Climate
Soil climate zone:
Coastal Antarctic
Estimated mean annual temperature:
-18
°C
Frozen ground depth:
0 cm
Frozen type:
Frozen comment:
Geology
Geological setting:
The rocks of the area are McMurdo Volcanics, predominantly scoria; the surface materials are thin scoria drift material with some accessions of sedimentary and crystalline rocks derived via glacial activity from the mainland
Patterned ground:
Weakly developed broad nets
Surface weathering or surface features:
A moderately bouldery surface with a weakly developed pavement; some carbonate coatings beneath surface clasts
Soil
Soil parent material:
Volcanic drift material; possibly includes some wind- blown fines
surface boulders and sandy gravel; loose; unstained; some smaller particles subrounded but larger clasts subangular; a few carbonate coatings,
486b
0
–
1
cm
light brown (10YR 6/3) sandy to silty gravel; weakly cohesive; weakly developed vesicular structure; rock particles subangular with some smaller particles subrounded