The Aurkjosen Cirque is a mainly ice-free
cirque
A (; from the Latin word ') is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic , meaning a pot or cauldron) and (; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform ...
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" ("the
gravel
Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally throughout the world as a result of sedimentary and erosive geologic processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone.
Gravel is classifi ...
cove").
References
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Cirques of Queen Maud Land
Princess Astrid Coast
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