Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureGlacierNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionThe upper eastern portion of Skelton Glacier, just N of The Landing, which merges into the Skelton Neve in Victoria Land. Surveyed in 1957 by the N.Z. party of the CTAE (1956-58) and so named because of its staircase effect in being the key for the approach to the polar plateau.