Svarthornbotnen
| Svarthornbotnen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Petermann chains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Svarthornbotnen (Norwegian for black horn kettle ) is a large mountain kettle in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Wohlthat massif, it is located immediately northeast of the Großer Schwarzhorn in the Middle Petermann chain .
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
- Svarthornbotnen Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Svarthornbotnen Cirque on geographic.org (English)