Shipwreck Moraine

Shipwreck Moraine is an extensive moraine in a valley beside the Benson Glacier, between Black Pudding Peak and Mount Brogger, in Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by a 1989-90 New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme (NZARP) field party member Trevor Chinn to commemorate an incident at the site. On a descent to the moraine, a motor toboggan and a sledge ran onto blue ice thinly disguised by snow and careened out of control down the slope, tossing gear and personnel overboard as the sledge overturned.

Coordinates: 76°51′S 161°47′E / 76.850°S 161.783°E / -76.850; 161.783 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Shipwreck Moraine" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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