Goldschmidt Cirque
| Goldschmidt Cirque | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 42 ′ 36 " S , 22 ° 48 ′ 2" W | |
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The Goldschmidt Cirque is a mountain basin in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range , it is on the west side of the Trueman Terraces in the eastern part of the Read Mountains .
The United States Navy took aerial photographs in 1967. The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain boiler in 1972 after the Norwegian geochemist Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (1888-1947).
Web links
- Goldschmidt Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Goldschmidt Cirque on geographic.org (English)