Circle ice fall
| Circle ice fall | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Darwin Mountains | |
| length | 24 km | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 38 ′ S , 156 ° 30 ′ E | |
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The Circle Icefall is a very inaccessible glacier break in southern East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located near the Tentacle Ridge in the Darwin Mountains and extends like a theater rank ( English circle ) arched over the entire width of the Darwin Glacier .
The Darwin Glacier Crew of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) gave it its descriptive name .
Web links
- Circle Icefall in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Circle Icefall on geographic.org (English)