Name details

Misthound Cirque

Misthound Cirque (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Misthound Cirque  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 128971

Feature type: Cirque (15)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A cirque forming a large embayment in the E side of Haskell Ridge in the Darwin Mountains. It is the type locality for the Misthound Coal measures, a formation of the Beacon Sequence of the Darwin Mountains. So named by VUWAE, 1962-63, because of the eerie bleakness and often mist-filled floor of the cirque, which contains many peculiarly shaped boulders resembling large dogs.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
79° 46' 00.0" S
-79.76667°
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Longitude:
156° 12' 00.0" E
156.20000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1968

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