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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Crystal Slope (NZL) 77° 32' 00.0" S 167° 09' 00.0" E Slope
Name ID: 134137 Place ID: 17047

Feature n.68 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. A western slope (3700 m) between Camp Slope and Robot Gully, leading down from the summit crater rim of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. So named because the slope includes a talus of large anorthoclase feldspar crystals. Not: Crystal Slopes.

Crystal Slope (USA) 77° 32' 00.0" S 167° 09' 00.0" E Slope
Name ID: 123989 Place ID: 17047

A western slope (3700 m) between Camp Slope and Robot Gully, leading down from the summit crater rim of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. So named because the slope includes a talus of large anorthoclase feldspar crystals.

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