COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

ENEA - P.N.R.A.

Bardin Knoll

Feature type: Knoll

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Small knoll at the northeast end of spur separating Pagodroma Gorge being the first gully to the south west of Beaver Lake camp. Comparison of these massive bluffs to the diminutive but clear standing feature considered here prompts the use of the term knoll. Named for: Professor Bardin carried out pioneering studies of the glacial geology of the region and was an academician of note in the then USSR. Bardin 1. Spent several seasons with SAE (Soviet Antarctic Expeditions) in the Prince Charles Mountains (PCMs). 2. Published numerous pioneering research papers on the ancient (> 2 Ma) glacial deposits and the landscape evolution of the PCMs throughout the 1970s and 1980s. 3. A major publication in 1982 drew attention to important exposures of ancient glacial strata in the impressive bluffs (ie Bardin Bluffs) near the mouth of Pagodroma Gorge in the Amery Oasis (northern PCMs).

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