Eskola Cirque
| Eskola Cirque | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 40 '16 " S , 23 ° 51' 37" W | |
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The Eskola Cirque is a 3 km wide mountain basin in the East Antarctic Coats Land . In the central Read Mountains of the Shackleton Range, it lies between Arkell Cirque and Bowen Cirque .
Aerial photographs of the formation were taken by the United States Navy in 1967. The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the basin in 1971 after the Finnish geologist Pentti Eskola (1883-1964), an expert on the Precambrian geology of Finland and the developer of the concept of the metamorphic facies .
Web links
- Eskola Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Eskola Cirque on geographic.org (English)