🏔️ Glacial Cirques of the World

These are notable glacial cirques — the steep-sided amphitheatre hollows gouged into a mountain head by a glacier’s plucking and rotation, often holding a tarn in their floor, from the corries of the Scottish Highlands and cwms of Wales to the cirques of the Alps, and the vast catchment bowls that fed the great ice streams. Each profile shows where the cirque lies, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

43 glacial cirques from 7 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any cirque for its full profile.

Americas (2) Antarctica (36) Europe (5)

Americas (2 glacial cirques)

Antarctica (36 glacial cirques)

Europe (5 glacial cirques)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.