Ufsebotnen
| Ufsebotnen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 13 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Ufsebotnen (Norwegian for cliff basin ) is a large mountain basin in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Otto von Gruber Mountains of the Wohlthat massif , it is 1.5 km north of the Layer Mountains .
The cauldron was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of polar explorer 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
- Ufsebotnen Cirque in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ufsebotnen Cirque on geographic.org (English)