Mandible Cirque
| Mandible Cirque | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mandible Cirque is a striking mountain basin on the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located 8 km west-southwest of Cape Phillips on the east side of the Daniell Peninsula .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1966 after its appearance, which is reminiscent of mandibles in supervision .
Web links
- Mandible Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mandible Cirque on geographic.org (English)