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)
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 Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
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.
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