Suture Bench () is a bench-like elevation at the southeast end of

Gair Mesa Gair Mesa () is the southernmost mesa of the Mesa Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63, for H.S. Gair, geologist and leader of this party. This ...

that overlooks the head of

Campbell Glacier Campbell Glacier () is a glacier, about long, originating near the south end of Mesa Range and draining southeast between the Deep Freeze Range and Mount Melbourne to discharge into north Terra Nova Bay. The lower end of the glacier was observed by ...

, in

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...

. Named by the northern party of

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...

(NZGSAE), 1962–63, because of a dog fight here in which one dog was so badly torn that its wounds required sutures.

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Terraces of Antarctica Landforms of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub