Avalanche Corrie
| Avalanche Corrie | ||
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| location | Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 39 ′ 58 ″ S , 45 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Avalanche Corrie (English for avalanche cauldron ) is an ice-filled mountain cauldron on the south coast of Coronation Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located immediately north of Amphibolite Point .
The Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey carried out measurements between 1948 and 1949 and named the basin after the avalanches that emanate from the hanging glaciers above the basin.
Web links
- Avalanche Corrie in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Avalanche Corrie on geographic.org (English)