Cataract Canyon (Antarctica)
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location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Vestfold Mountains | |
Geographical location | 68 ° 36 ′ 19 ″ S , 78 ° 33 ′ 40 ″ E | |
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height | 110 m | |
length | 500 m |
The Cataract Canyon ( English ) is an asymmetrical, 500 m long and up to 20 m deep canyon on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is there in the Vestfold Mountains .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1983 after the cataracts over which Canyon Lake flows into this canyon.
Web links
- Cataract Canyon in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)