Chasm (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Chasm (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Crevasse field (13)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A chasm parallel to the land, and tapering off to the south out from off Cape Selborne, originally described as '100ft deep, three-quarter miles wide' and with 'five-six miles of flat surface to the land on the other side’.
Discovered and named by the Southern Polar Party of the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE) 1901-04. The chasm blocked the southern party's advance on the mountains, requiring them to follow it in parallel as it tapered out. One day they found they had accidentally crossed it over a dangerous snow bridge. Due to the shear effect of the flow of Byrd Glacier into Ross Ice Shelf, there will always be chasms in the area, though the exact configuration will change over time. The original 'Chasm' as famously photographed by the NAE would no longer exist.
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