Trepidation Glacier
Appearance
Trepidation Glacier (78°46′S 162°21′E / 78.767°S 162.350°E) is a small glacier entering the east side of Skelton Glacier between Moraine Bluff and Red Dike Bluff: The name was applied by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) and refers to a 1957 attempt by an aircraft to land on the exceedingly broken ice at the foot of the glacier.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Trepidation Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.