Shipwreck Moraine

Shipwreck Moraine is an extensive moraine in a valley beside the Benson Glacier, between Black Pudding Peak and Mount Brogger, in Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by a 1989-90 New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party (Trevor Chinn) to commemorate an incident at the site. On a descent to the moraine, the motor toboggan and a sledge ran onto blue ice thinly disguised by snow and careened out of control down the slope, tossing gear and personnel overboard as the sledge overturned.

Coordinates: 76°51′S 161°47′E / 76.850°S 161.783°E / -76.850; 161.783  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Shipwreck Moraine" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).