Wilson Piedmont Glacier

[1] The Wilson Piedmont Glacier extends along the coastal plain of the west coast of the Ross Sea from Granite Harbor south to McMurdo Sound.

[2] The Wilson Piedmont Glacier was thicker during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and extended further to the east and south over the Scott Coast, where it merged with the Ross Ice Shelf.

A meltwater stream 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land.

It issues from the front of Wilson Piedmont Glacier and flows northeast to Surko Stream just west of where the latter enters Arnold Cove.

A meltwater stream 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Gneiss Point on the coast of Victoria Land.

Named by Nichols for Lt. Alexander Surko, USN, second-in-command of the Navy party that worked on the aircraft landing strip close north of this stream.

A meltwater stream 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of Gneiss Point on the coast of Victoria Land.

A meltwater stream 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land.

Glacier which flows in a southeast direction and enters the north side of Taylor Valley immediately west of Mount Coleman.

Named for the Commonwealth of Australia, which made a financial grant to the BrAE and contributed two members to the Western Geological Party which explored this area.

Named by Taylor for M.J. Miller, Mayor of Lyttelton, and the shipwright who repaired the expedition vessel, Terra Nova, prior to its voyage from New Zealand.

A glacier about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long on the south side of Clare Range, flowing eastward between Sperm Bluff and Queer Mountain, in Victoria Land.

Rocky island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) long, lying just off the Wilson Piedmont Glacier and the coast of Victoria Land, close northeast of Cape Dunlop.

A bare rocky point from which the Wilson Piedmont Glacier has receded, lying 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Dunlop Island.

Named by US-ACAN for Thomas M. Kolich, geophysicist who participated in the USARP geophysical survey of the Ross Ice Shelf in the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons.

Named by US-ACAN for Charles L. Arnold, leader of a USARP party that made an engineering study of Marble Point, McMurdo Station and Williams Field in the 1971–72 season.

A rocky promontory of marble lying 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of Cape Bernacchi on the coast of Victoria Land.

Rounded mountain, 735 m, rising just north of Hjorth Hill and 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west of Cape Bernacchi.

Bay about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) wide between Marble Point and Cape Bernacchi, on the coast of Victoria Land.

A rounded, ice-free mountain 760 m, standing just north of New Harbor and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Hogback Hill.

A craggy, island-like nunatak, 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km; 0.86 mi) long, rising to 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) in the uppermost névé area of the Newall Glacier, Asgard Range.

Nunatak, 820 metres (2,690 ft) high, rising above the Wilson Piedmont Glacier about midway between Mount Doorly and Hogback Hill.

Ice-filled valley at the west side of Wilson Piedmont Glacier, lying between Staefller Ridge and Mount Doorly in Victoria Land.

Named by the US-ACAN in 1964 for George R. Staeffler, topographic engineer with the United States Geological Survey, who worked in the McMurdo Sound area during 1960–61.

Prominent rock bluff that marks the east end of Staeffler Ridge and overlooks Wilson Piedmont Glacier, located 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) west of Spike Cape, Victoria Land.

Prominent ice-free ridge situated 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of Spike Cape, near the center of Wilson Piedmont Glacier.

Wilson Piedmont Glacier and McMurdo Sound from the summit of Hogback Hill
Wilson Piedmont Glacier from below
Wilson Piedmont Glacier in northwest of map
Terrain to the west
The Asgard Range from the summit of Hogback Hill
Marble Point's relatively flat terrain facilitated construction in 1957 of a now-defunct dirt airstrip
Hogback and Hjorth Hills from Marble Point