Pagodroma Gorge
| Pagodroma Gorge | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 68 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Pagodroma Gorge is a steep-walled gorge in the Prince Charles Mountains of the east Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It is 3 miles long and connects Radok Lake with Beaver Lake .
Aerial photos of the gorge were taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . It was first committed between January and February 1969 by the Australian geologist Alex Medvecky. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named them after the snow petrels ( Pagodroma nivea ), which use the weathered rock of the canyon walls as a breeding area.
Web links
- Pagodroma Gorge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pagodroma Gorge on geographic.org (English)