Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Cirque Fjord (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cirque Fjord (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Fjord
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A fjord on the southern side of Law Promontory. The area was first visited by an ANARE party led by Peter W Crone in 1956. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Botnfjorden (The Cirque Fjord).
No images of this place could be found.
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