Cataract Canyon (Antarctica)

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Cataract Canyon
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location Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Vestfold Mountains
Geographical location 68 ° 36 ′ 19 ″  S , 78 ° 33 ′ 40 ″  E Coordinates: 68 ° 36 ′ 19 ″  S , 78 ° 33 ′ 40 ″  E
Cataract Canyon (Antarctica)
Cataract Canyon
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.

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