The Amphitheater (Grahamland)
| The amphitheater | ||
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| location | Graham Land , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 4 ′ 51 ″ S , 66 ° 38 ′ 11 ″ W | |
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| length | 1.2 km | |
The Amphitheater (English The Amphitheater ) is a bowl-shaped depression in the west Antarctic Grahamland . With a diameter of 1.2 km, it lies on the south side of the head end of the Northeast Glacier .
The bases of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) and the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) were on this depression. The service mapped them on a sleigh excursion through Graham Land, across the Northeast Glacier and Bill's Gulch . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey gave the depression a descriptive name in the course of a survey in 1946, as the shape is reminiscent of an ancient amphitheater.
Web links
- The Amphitheater in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Amphitheater on geographic.org (English)