Slabotnen Cirque
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Slabotnen Cirque () is a
cirque A (; from the Latin word ) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by Glacier#Erosion, glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from , meaning a pot or cauldron) and ; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform a ...
formed between the east slopes of
Mount Dallmann Mount Dallmann is a bold mountain, high, east of the northern portion of the Conrad Mountains, in the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Captain Alfred ...
and the
Shcherbakov Range Shcherbakov Range is a mountain range trending north–south for 20 miles (32 km), standing immediately east of Mount Dallmann where it marks the east extremity of the Orvin Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air phot ...
, in the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and photographed by the New Swabia, German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39. It was mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named Slabotnen (the sloping cirque). Cirques of Queen Maud Land Princess Astrid Coast {{PrincessAstridCoast-geo-stub