Misthound Cirque
| Misthound Cirque | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Darwin Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 79 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 156 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Misthound Cirque (English for Nebelhundkessel ) is a mountain cauldron in the Darwin Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains . It forms a large indentation on the east side of Haskell Ridge .
Participants of a 1962 to 1963 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions made the name. It is named after the uncanny desolation, which the visitor conveys in foggy weather, and the specially shaped boulders on the valley floor, which are reminiscent of large dogs .
Web links
- Crap Hound Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Misthound Cirque on geographic.org (English)