Scuppers Icefalls
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Scuppers Icefalls is a prominent line of icefalls, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and nearly 400 m high, between Mount Razorback
and Mount Nespelen
in Convoy Range
, Victoria Land
. The icefalls are the main outflow draining from Flight Deck Neve
into Benson Glacier
. One of a group of nautical names in Convoy Range, this descriptive name is derived from the drainage of the feature, suggestive of stormwater on a ship's deck draining through scuppers along the rail. Named by a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party, 1989-90.
Mount Razorback
Mount Razorback is a craggy mountain rising to about 1,600 m east of Staten Island Heights in the Convoy Ridge, Victoria Land. The descriptive name was applied by the 1957 New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58....
and Mount Nespelen
Mount Nespelen
Mount Nespelen is a massive mountain, the highest in the coastal ranges between the Mackay and Fry Glaciers, lying on the north side of Benson Glacier, 4 nautical miles south of Mount Davidson. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition after...
in Convoy Range
Convoy Range
Convoy Range is a broad mountain range, much of it with an almost flat, plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. The icefalls are the main outflow draining from Flight Deck Neve
Flight Deck Neve
Flight Deck Neve is an elevated and unusually flat glacier neve, about 5 nautical miles by 3 nautical miles , between Flagship Mountain and Mount Razorback in the Convoy Range, Victoria Land. The feature is the primary source of ice to the east-flowing Benson Glacier at Scuppers Icefalls...
into Benson Glacier
Benson Glacier
Benson Glacier is a glacier about long, draining the east part of Flight Deck Neve and continuing east between Fry Glacier and Mackay Glacier into the north part of Granite Harbour where it forms a floating tongue...
. One of a group of nautical names in Convoy Range, this descriptive name is derived from the drainage of the feature, suggestive of stormwater on a ship's deck draining through scuppers along the rail. Named by a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party, 1989-90.