Sjøbotnen
| Sjøbotnen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 13 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Sjøbotnen (Norwegian for sea boiler ) is a distinctive mountain basin in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . In the Wohlthat massif, it is located immediately east of the Zimmermannberg on the north side of the Otto von Gruber Mountains .
The cauldron was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Sjøbotnen Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sjøbotnen Cirque on geographic.org (English)