Clinker Gulch
| Clinker Gulch | ||
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| location | Candlemas Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 4 '34 " S , 26 ° 44' 23" W | |
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Clinker Gulch is a canyon on Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands archipelago . It extends from Lucifer Hill to the northern coast of the island.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the gorge in 1971. Name factor is the lava on the wall of the gorge, which in its shape to stacked bricks ( English clinker remember).
Web links
- Clinker Gulch in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Clinker Gulch on geographic.org (English)