Drifter Cirque () is a

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 ...

between

Mount Schmidtman Mount Schmidtman () is a peak to the north of Mount Naab at the northeast end of Eastwind Ridge, Convoy Range. Named in association with Eastwind Ridge after Captain R.D. Schmidtman, USCG, commander of the icebreaker USCGC Eastwind in the Ross ...

and

Mount Naab Mount Naab () is a mountain in Antarctica, to the south of Mount Schmidtman, 1,710 m, which surmounts the east part of Eastwind Ridge in the Convoy Range. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Nav ...

at the northeast end of

Eastwind Ridge Eastwind Ridge () is a broad, partially ice-covered ridge about long between Chattahoochee Glacier and Towle Glacier in the Convoy Range of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and Navy air photos, ...

in the

Convoy Range Convoy Range () is a broad mountain range in Antarctica. Much of the range has a nearly flat plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier. The range has steep cliffs on its east side, but it slopes gently i ...

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...

. Iceflow from Eastwind Ridge is insufficient to carry surficial

moraine A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice shee ...

away into

Fry Glacier Fry Glacier () is a glacier draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the Convoy Range and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range into Tripp Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1 ...

and moraines lie in a tangled eddy. So named by the

New Zealand Geographic Board The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) was established by the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, which has since been replaced by the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. Althoug ...

which also considered the name Eddy Cirque.

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Landforms of Victoria Land {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub