Corell Cirque () is a large

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 ...

, which is a concave amphitheater shaped valley containing a

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

. It is between Harvey Cirque and

Duncan Bluff Duncan Bluff () is a steep rock bluff along the north side of Hatherton Glacier. It rises to between Corell Cirque and Conant Valley in the Darwin Mountains. In association with the names of communication workers grouped in this area, it was name ...

in the southern part of the

Darwin Mountains The Darwin Mountains is a group of mountains between the Darwin and Hatherton glaciers in Antarctica. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the R ...

. Located at the eastern end of the extensive Prebble Icefalls, the cirque channels some of the ice from the

Midnight Plateau Midnight Plateau () is a prominent ice-covered plateau, over high, forming the central feature of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. It is the only area of snow accumulation in the Darwin Mountains. The plateau was discovered by the Victoria Univ ...

icecap into the

Hatherton Glacier Hatherton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the Antarctic polar plateau generally eastward along the south side of the Darwin Mountains and entering Darwin Glacier at Junction Spur. It was mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwe ...

. It was named after Robert Corell, who headed the Geosciences Directorate at the

National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...

, 1987–99, which for many years included the Foundation's Polar Research, and who chaired national and international groups evaluating global change.

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* Cirques of Antarctica Landforms of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub