Pagodroma Gorge
Pagodroma Gorge is a steep-sided gorge 3 mi long which joins Radok and Beaver Lakes, in the Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956. The gorge was traveled by A. Medvecky, Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) geologist in January–February, 1969. Named by ANCA after the snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) which nest in the weathered sandstone walls of the gorge.[1]
Further reading
• Whitehead, J., & McKelvey, B. (2001). The stratigraphy of the Pliocene—lower Pleistocene Bardin Bluffs Formation, Amery Oasis, northern Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica., Antarctic Science, 13(1), 79–86. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102001000128
• MCMINN, ANDREW (2000), Neogene glacial geology of the Prince Charles Mountains,Australian Antarctic Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.4225/15/55EE3BF80172B
• B.C. MCKELVEY, M.J. HAMBREY, D.M. HARWOOD, M.C.G. MABIN4 P.-N. WEBB and J.M. WHITEHEAD, The Pagodroma Group - a Cenozoic record of the East Antarctic ice sheet in the northern Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctic Science 13 (4): 455-468 (2001)
External links
- Pagodroma Gorge on USGS website
- Pagodroma Gorge on AADC website
- Pagodroma Gorge on SCAR website
- Pagodroma Gorge aerial photos
- Pagodroma Gorge area map
References
- "Pagodroma Gorge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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