Geomorphology of the Ablation Point massif, Alexander Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: CLAPPERTON, CHALMERS M., SUGDEN, DAVID E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1983
• Subjects: Ablation Point; Alexander Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1983.tb00443.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1983.tb00443.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1983.tb00443.x

A coloured geomorphological map at the approximate scale of 1:50,000 is presented for the Ablation Point massif area. The main gcomorphological features have been described, such as ice and snow cover, glacial landforms and deposits (and chronology), ice marginal lakes, melt pools, gelifluction landforms and patterned ground and valley‐slope landforms. The area is thought to be a good analogue for glacial‐age maritime northwest Europe.