Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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Feature type: Icefall
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:
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 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.
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