Feature Name (see definition): Fred Cirque

Feature Class (see definition): Basin

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5270

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 34' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 000° 25' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.5666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 0.4166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): A large cirque in the W side of Roots Heights, Sverdrup Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE) (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Ernest Fredrick Roots, chief geologist with the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data