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Cape Crossfire () is a promontory at the southeastern extremity of the
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 ...
, marking the point of convergence of the
Mariner Glacier Mariner Glacier is a major glacier over long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue. ...
from the west and the
Borchgrevink Glacier Borchgrevink Glacier () is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, draining south between Malta Plateau and Daniell Peninsula, and thence projecting into Glacier Strait, Ross Sea, as a floating glacier tongue, the Borchgrevink ...
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.


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* Headlands of Victoria Land Borchgrevink Coast {{BorchgrevinkCoast-geo-stub