Biscuit Step

Biscuit Step (

72°22′S 168°30′E / 72.367°S 168.500°E / -72.367; 168.500Coordinates: 72°22′S 168°30′E / 72.367°S 168.500°E / -72.367; 168.500) is a step-like rise in the level of Tucker Glacier above its junction with Trafalgar Glacier, in Victoria Land. It is very crevassed in its north half, but there is a good route of easy gradient through it toward its southern end. Biscuits were an important part of the expedition's rations (Australasian colloquialism "tucker"), and a small cache of them was left near the step for the return down the glacier by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, which named the feature.

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Biscuit Step". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)