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Access Slope is an ice slope between the north end of
Lindstrom Ridge Lindstrom Ridge () is a ridge on the west side of Green Glacier in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. The ridge is long and forms the eastern end of the Meteorite Hills. It is named after Marilyn Lindstrom, curator of Antarctic meteorites at the N ...
and
Tether Rock The Meteorite Hills () are a group of hills, long, forming the western portion of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. The hills are located between the heads of Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier. The name was proposed by John O. Annexstad of ...
in the
Meteorite Hills The Meteorite Hills () are a group of hills, long, forming the western portion of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. The hills are located between the heads of Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier. The name was proposed by John O. Annexstad of ...
, Darwin Mountains. The slope is at the west end of the Circle Icefall in Darwin Glacier and appears to be the only route through the icefall. Descriptively named by the
Darwin Glacier Party Darwin may refer to: Common meanings * Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection * Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...
of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58, which made the first descent of the glacier. Ice slopes of Antarctica Bodies of ice of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub