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Fuchs Dome is a large ice-covered dome rising over , between
Stratton Glacier Stratton Glacier () is a glacier 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing north from Pointer Nunatak and then northwest to the north of Mount Weston, in the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedit ...
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Gordon Glacier Gordon Glacier () is an Antarctic glacier of at least in length flowing in a northerly direction beginning in the Crossover Pass, flowing through the Shackleton Range to finally meet the Slessor Glacier. The glacier was first mapped in 1957 by ...
in the central part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was first mapped in 1957 by the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
(CTAE) and named for Sir Vivian E. Fuchs, leader of the CTAE 1955–58.


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Ice caps of Antarctica Bodies of ice of Coats Land {{CoatsLand-geo-stub