Name details

Biscuit Step

Biscuit Step (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Biscuit Step  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112803

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A step-like rise in the level of Tucker Glacier above its junction with Trafalgar Glacier. It is very crevassed in its northern half, but there is a good route of easy gradient through it towards its southern end. Biscuits were an important part of the expedition's rations (Australasian colloquialism "tucker"), and a small dump of them was left near the step for the return down the glacier of the NZ Geological Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, which named the feature.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 22' 00.0" S
-72.36667°
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Longitude:
168° 30' 00.0" E
168.50000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
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Date approved:
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