Ferrell Buttress
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Ferrell Buttress is a distinctive rock buttress (c.900 m) near the east end of Cranfield Icefalls
, on the south side and near the terminus of Darwin Glacier
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander W.F. Ferrell, U.S. Navy, a pilot with the VXE-6
detachment at Darwin Glacier Field Camp in the 1978-79 field season.
Cranfield Icefalls
Cranfield Icefalls is a series of about eight spectacular icefalls, in an east-west line, falling steeply from Bucknell Ridge into the narrowest portion of Darwin Glacier near its mouth. Named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition for W.J. Cranfield, a member...
, on the south side and near the terminus of Darwin Glacier
Darwin Glacier (Antarctica)
Darwin Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin and Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The glacier was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition , and the whole area traversed by New Zealand parties of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander W.F. Ferrell, U.S. Navy, a pilot with the VXE-6
VXE-6
VXE-6, Antarctic Development Squadron 6 , commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
detachment at Darwin Glacier Field Camp in the 1978-79 field season.