Feature Name (see definition): Lapworth Cirque

Feature Class (see definition): Basin

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8502

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
80° 44' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
023° 08' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.7333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -23.1333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A cirque to the W of Goldschmidt Cirque in the E portion of Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Charles Lapworth (1842-1920), British geologist who established the stratigraphic succession in S Scotland and who defined the Ordovician system; Professor of Geology and Physiography, Birmingham University, 1881-1913.

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