Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 2.2. The Transantarc-
tic Mountains extend along
the western boundary of
McMurdo Sound. The mouth
of Ferrar Glacier opens into
New Harbour, slightly right
of center, below the rock
wall laced with thin ice-
falls. To the left the broad
breach in the mountains is
the mouth of Blue Glacier.
The Royal Society Range is
just out of the photo on the
left. Loose pack drifts in the
sound in this late summer
image taken from Castle
Rock, five miles up the pen-
insula from Observation Hill.
