Depot Nunatak
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Depot Nunatak is a nunatak
, 1,980 m, standing at the west side of Cassidy Glacier
and Quartermain Mountains
in Victoria Land
. Nearly vertical cliffs of columnar dolerite rise 150 m above glacier
level at the east end. So named by the Discovery expedition (1901–04), on their western journey in 1903, because they made a food depot there, for use on their return.
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
, 1,980 m, standing at the west side of Cassidy Glacier
Cassidy Glacier
Cassidy Glacier is a glacier long and wide, flowing northeast into upper Taylor Glacier between Depot Nunatak and the northwest end of the Quartermain Mountains, in Victoria Land. The descriptive names "South-West Arm" and "South Arm" were applied to this glacier and to the part of Ferrar...
and Quartermain Mountains
Quartermain Mountains
Quartermain Mountains is a group of exposed mountains, about 20 miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, located south of Taylor Glacier and bounded by Finger Mountain, Mount Handsley, Mount Feather and Tabular Mountain; also including Knobhead, Terra...
in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Nearly vertical cliffs of columnar dolerite rise 150 m above glacier
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
level at the east end. So named by the Discovery expedition (1901–04), on their western journey in 1903, because they made a food depot there, for use on their return.