Giants Cirque
| Giants Cirque | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Tyndall Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 16 ′ 59 ″ S , 67 ° 16 ′ 59 ″ W | |
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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.
Web links
- Giants Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Giants Cirque on geographic.org (English)