Arkell Cirque
| Arkell Cirque | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 39 '42 " S , 24 ° 16' 40" W | |
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The Arkell Cirque is a great cirque on the south side of the Read Mountains in the Shackleton Range of the East Antarctic Coats country .
Aerial photographs of the formation were taken by the United States Navy in 1967. The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the basin after the British geologist William Joscelyn Arkell (1904-1958), a leading authority on the stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Jurassic at the time .
Web links
- Arkell Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arkell Cirque on geographic.org (English)