Cape Crossfire
Cape Crossfire () is a promontory at the southeastern extremity of the Malta Plateau, marking the point of convergence of the Mariner Glacier from the west and the Borchgrevink Glacier from the north, in Victoria Land. The name alludes to the converging flow of ice at this feature from different directions, and was given by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1966. References

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Malta Plateau
Malta Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau of about extent in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The plateau is irregular in shape and is bounded on the south and west by Mariner Glacier, on the north by tributaries to Trafalgar Glacier, and on the east by tributaries to Borchgrevink Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee to commemorate the island of Malta in association with the Victory Mountains. The plateau is part of the Melbourne Volcanic Province of the McMurdo Volcanic Group The McMurdo Volcanic Group is a large group of Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the western Ross Sea and central Transantarctic Mountains areas of Antarctica. It is one of the largest provinces of alkaline volcanism in the world, having formed as a res .... References Plateaus of Antarctica Landforms of Victoria Land Borchgrevink Coast Volcanoes of Victoria Land {{BorchgrevinkCoast-geo-stub ...
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