Brattebotnen
| Brattebotnen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Dallmannberge , Orvinfjella | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 10 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Brattebotnen ( Norwegian for Steep-Walled Kessel ) is a steep- sided mountain basin in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Orvinfjella it lies on the west face of the Dallmannberge .
Participants in the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) mapped it using aerial photographs and gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- Brattebotnen Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brattebotnen Cirque on geographic.org (English)