Name details

Circle Icefall

Circle Icefall (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Circle Icefall  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140361

Feature type: Icefall

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An almost impenetrable icefall, up to 46m high and extending in an arc across Darwin Glacier from Access Slope toward Tentacle Ridge. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MM04

Named For

Named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956-58) because of its similarity to the circle of an opera house.

Location

Latitude:
79° 38' 00.0" S
-79.63333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
156° 30' 00.0" E
156.50000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1425 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MM04 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point. Unclear if this feature still extends across the glacier as originally depicted on Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) maps.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-May-1961

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