Airdevronsix Icefalls [SEP] continent
Airdevronsix Icefalls
Airdevronsix Icefalls () is a line of icefalls at the head of Wright Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Named by U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze (1956–57) for "U.S. Navy Air Development Squadron Six", which had been formed to provide air support for the Deep Freeze operations and which had also carried out many important Antarctic exploratory flights.
This icefall belongs to world's most impressive natural landmarks and is approximately wide and tall. It has formed on Jurassic dolerite sill, which has intruded in
Black Icefalls
Black Icefalls () is a line of icefalls at the south margin of Chapman Snowfield, Churchill Mountains. The icefalls extend southwest from Mount Massam to Vance Bluff, and were named in honor of A. W. Black, a member of the 1959 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project.