Murchison Cirque

Murchison Cirque
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location	Coatsland , East Antarctica
Mountains	Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains
Geographical location	80 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 24 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ W Coordinates: 80 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 24 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ W

The Murchison Cirque is a stuffed with glacial cirques in the East Antarctic Coats Land . It is located between Kuno Cirque and Arkell Cirque on the south side of the Read Mountains in the Shackleton Range .

Aerial photographs of the formation were taken by the United States Navy 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 Roderick Murchison (1792–1871), three-time President of the Royal Geographical Society and director of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death .

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