Giants Cirque

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Giants Cirque
location Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
Mountains Tyndall Mountains
Geographical location 67 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  S , 67 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  W Coordinates: 67 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  S , 67 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  W
Giants Cirque (Antarctic Peninsula)
Giants Cirque

The Giants Cirque (English for giant cauldron ) is a large mountain cauldron on the Loubet coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Arrowsmith Peninsula, it lies on the west side of the Tyndall Mountains and opens to the southwest towards the Vallot Glacier .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave it its descriptive name in 1983 following geological work by the British Antarctic Survey in the area.

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