Skredbotnen
| Skredbotnen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 4 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Skredbotnen (Norwegian for avalanche cauldron ) is a mountain cauldron in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains it is located on the west side of Grytøyrfjellet .
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
- Skredbotnen Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skredbotnen Cirque on geographic.org (English)