Swithinbank Moraine

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Swithinbank Moraine (85°0′S 177°5′W / 85.000°S 177.083°W / -85.000; -177.083Coordinates: 85°0′S 177°5′W / 85.000°S 177.083°W / -85.000; -177.083) is a spectacular medial moraine in the Shackleton Glacier. It trends northward from Matador Mountain. Named by the of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961–62) for Charles W. Swithinbank, a member of the University of Michigan glaciological and survey parties to the major glaciers feeding the Ross Ice Shelf in 1960-61 and 1961–62.

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