Caribou Crater
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 1 ′ S , 73 ° 30 ′ E | |
The Caribou Crater is a volcanic crater on Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises on Saddle Point at the eastern end of Corinthian Bay in the north of the island.
It is named after the Caribou , which Heard was the first merchant ship to sail from Liverpool to Melbourne in February 1858 as an intermediate port.
Web links
- Caribou Crater in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)