Aurkvævane
| Aurkvævane | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Payer group , Hoelfjella | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 14 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Aurkvævane consist of three basins with a valley floor littered with moraine rubble in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . They are located on the west side of the mountain Kvævefjellet in the Payer group of Hoelfjella .
The cauldrons were discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . A new mapping based on surveys and further aerial photographs was carried out during the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). Your Norwegian name means "scree kettle" translated into German .
Web links
- Aurkvævane Cirques in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aurkvævane Cirques on geographic.org (English)