Horseshoe Crater
| Horseshoe Crater | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Horseshoe Crater (English for horseshoe crater ) is a volcanic crater in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range, it rises at the confluence of the Radiant Glacier and the Pipecleaner Glacier .
Scientists from the New Zealand Geological Survey explored it between 1977 and 1978. The New Zealand Geographic Board gave it its descriptive name in 1994.
Web links
- Horseshoe Crater in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Horseshoe Crater on geographic.org (English)