Harvey 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 ...

containing a small

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 ...

between Scheuermann Spur and

Corell Cirque Corell Cirque () is a large cirque, which is a concave amphitheater shaped valley containing a glacier. It is between Harvey Cirque and Duncan Bluff in the southern part of the Darwin Mountains. Located at the eastern end of the extensive Prebble ...

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 ...

of Antarctica. The cirque occurs along the extensive Prebble Icefalls which contribute some ice to the head of the cirque; there is limited flow from the cirque to

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 geologist Ralph P. Harvey of

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, who was engaged in the

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Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) in the Transantarctic Mountains for many austral summers, 1992–2001, ultimately as ANSMET principal investigator.

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