🏔️ Aurkjosen Cirque

Antarctica · Antarctica · 71.35°S, 13.55°E

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The Aurkjosen Cirque is a mainly ice-free cirque marked by several old moraines, lying at the east side of Lake Unter-See in the Gruber Mountains of the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, re-plotted from air photos and from surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named "Aurkjosen".

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CountryAntarctica
Continent / regionAntarctica
Coordinates (approx.)71.35°S, 13.55°E · view on map

Aurkjosen Cirque is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More glacial cirques in Antarctica

Arkell Cirque · Aurkleven Cirque · Aurkvaevane Cirques · Bingen Cirque · Bowen Cirque · Brattebotnen Cirque · Eskola Cirque · Fred Cirque · Goldschmidt Cirque · Grautskåla Cirque.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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