Cape Sastrugi () is a sharply projecting point on the west side of
Deep Freeze Range
The Deep Freeze Range () is a rugged mountain range, over long and about wide, rising between Priestley and Campbell Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica, and extending from the edge of the polar plateau to Terra Nova Bay. Peaks in the low and ...
, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of
Snowy Point and overlooking the north portion of
Nansen Ice Sheet
Nansen Ice Sheet (), or Nansen Ice Shelf, is a by ice shelf. It is nourished by the Priestley and Reeves Glaciers and abutting the north side of the Drygalski Ice Tongue, along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This feature was explored ...
, 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. I ...
. First explored by the
Northern Party
The Northern Party was a regionalist political party in Northern England, founded by leader Michael Dawson and former Blackpool MP Harold Elletson in March 2015 to contest five marginal seats in Lancashire at the 2015 general election. The ...
of the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and so named by them because of large and extensive
sastrugi
Sastrugi, or zastrugi, are features formed by erosion of snow by wind.
They are found in polar regions, and in snowy, wind-swept areas of temperate regions, such as frozen lakes or mountain ridges.
Sastrugi are distinguished by upwind-facing poi ...
that impeded the travel of this party in approaching the point.
Headlands of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
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