The Defile

The Defile (77°39′S 162°43′E) is a narrow ice-free passageway between the terminus of Suess Glacier and the talus-covered slope of Nussbaum Riegel in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. It was charted and descriptively named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott.[1]

References
  1. "Defile, The". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-06.

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