Lapworth Cirque
| Lapworth Cirque | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 41 '59 " S , 23 ° 6' 37" W | |
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The Lapworth Cirque is a mountain basin in the East Antarctic Coats Land . In the Shackleton Range , it is west of Goldschmidt Cirque in the eastern part of the Herbert 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 basin in 1972 after the British geologist Charles Lapworth (1842-1920).
Web links
- Lapworth Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lapworth Cirque on geographic.org (English)