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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Place ID: 2701
Name ID: 746

Feature type: Icefall

Origin

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:

Narrative

An almost inpenetrable icefall, about 46 m high and 28 km long, extending in an arc for almost the whole width of the Darwin Glacier. Named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58) because of its similarity to the circle of an opera house.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
79° 37' 59.9" S
-79.63330°
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Longitude:
156° 30' 00.0" E
156.50000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
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:
24-Nov-1961

Related information

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