Polygon Gorge

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Polygon Gorge
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location Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Vestfold Mountains
Geographical location 68 ° 36 '37 "  S , 78 ° 28' 46"  O Coordinates: 68 ° 36 '37 "  S , 78 ° 28' 46"  O
Polygon Gorge (Antarctica)
Polygon Gorge
height 50  m
length 600 m

The polygon Gorge ( English for Vieleckschlucht is) a 600 m long, m 10 to 15 wide and 25 m deep gorge on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . In the Vestfold Mountains it leads from Krok Lake to the Polygon Valley in a north-south orientation . It is the west of two canyons at the end of Krok Lake.

The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1984 based on the naming of the neighboring valley.

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