Approx 4.5km SE of Mt Rich and 9km ENE of Bastion Hill on an extensive undulating very bouldery moraine landsurface formed by over-riding and retreat of ice from Diamond Glacier; pockets of fine gravelly till occurring amongst larger granitic boulders have patches of yellow and black lichen on the soil and rock surfaces
Altitude:
850 m
Aspect:
S
Slope:
5 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
79° 49' S 158° 44' E
Latitude Longitude DD
-79.817 158.733
Latitude longitude precision DD
0.008 0.008
Locality
Victoria Land, Trans-antarctic Mountains; at the southern end of the Cook Mountains in the Brown Hills region of the Darwin Glacier
Survey
USGS 1:250,000 1963; Carlyon Glacier ST 57-60/13*
Climate
Soil climate zone:
Coastal mountain
Estimated mean annual temperature:
-25
°C
Frozen ground depth:
0 cm
Frozen type:
Frozen comment:
Geology
Geological setting:
Bouldery till from Granite Harbour Intrusives is widespread on the surface
Patterned ground:
Surface weathering or surface features:
Soil
Soil parent material:
Granitic till
Previous disturbance:
Nil
Soil weathering stage:
Soil moisture status:
Xerous to subxerous; the surface is predominantly snow free
Biological activity:
Patches of lichen are common on boulders as well as on the soil surface