Sjøbotnen Cirque () is the prominent
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 ...
in the north face of the main massif of the
Gruber Mountains
The Gruber Mountains (German: Otto-von-Gruber-Gebirge) are a small group of mountains consisting of a main massif and several rocky outliers, forming the northeast portion of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were disco ...
, situated immediately east of
Mount Zimmermann, in the
Wohlthat Mountains
Wohlthat Mountains (german: Wohlthatmassiv) is a large group of associated mountain features consisting of the Humboldt Mountains, Petermann Ranges, and the Gruber Mountains, located immediately east of the Orvin Mountains in Fimbulheimen in the ...
of
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east. In addit ...
. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the
German Antarctic Expedition of 1938–39, and replotted from air photos and surveys by the
Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named ''Sjøbotnen'' ("the lake cirque") because the inner part of the feature is occupied by a sizable lake.
References
Cirques of Queen Maud Land
Princess Astrid Coast
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