Dovers Moraine
Dovers Moraine is a band of coarse glacial moraine, extending in a north–south direction for 1.5 nautical miles, deposited at the east end of the main mass of Heard Island immediately east of Stephenson Glacier.Places of Interest
Highlights include Scarlet Hill and Skua Beach.
Scarlet Hill
Peak
Scarlet Hill is an ice-free, rounded hill, 410 m, overlooking Skua Beach on the east side of Heard Island. This feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1874 chart by a British expedition under Nares in the Challenger. Scarlet Hill is situated 3 km northwest of Dovers Moraine.
Skua Beach
Beach
Skua Beach is a sandy beach lying at the base of Scarlet Hill on the east side of Heard Island. The name Launches Beach appears to have had some usage by American sealers as shown by an unpublished sealer's map of "Hurds Island" of the 1860–70 period. Skua Beach is situated 4 km north of Dovers Moraine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Lockyer and Elephant Spit.
Cape Lockyer
Locality
Cape Lockyer is a steep rock headland 1.5 nautical miles northeast of Lambeth Bluff on the southeast side of Heard Island. It was surveyed in 1948 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and named by them for Lieutenant H.C.J. Cape Lockyer is situated 7 km southwest of Dovers Moraine.
Elephant Spit
Locality
Elephant Spit is a 9 km long sand spit at the eastern end of subantarctic Heard Island, in the Australian territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, lying in the Southern Ocean on the Kerguelen Plateau about 450 km south-east of the Kerguelen Islands. Elephant Spit is situated 8 km east of Dovers Moraine.
Dovers Moraine
- Type: Moraine
- Description: Band of glacial moraine in Antarctica
- Categories: glacier and landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dovers Moraine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dovers Moraine”
- Chinese: “多佛斯冰磧”
- German: “Dovers-Moräne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dovers Moraine”
- Swedish: “Dovers Moraine”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stephenson Glacier and Spit Bay.
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