Penck Trough
Penck Trough is a broad ice-filled valley trending southwest to northeast, for about 100 km between Borg Massif and the northeast part of Kirwan Escarpment, in Queen Maud Land.- Valley with an elevation of around 1,790 metres (5,860 feet)
- …is also known as “Penckmulde”
- Description: valley in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-73° or 73° south
Longitude
-2.75° or 2° 45′ west
Open location code
2CVV2722+22
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Penck Trough” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penck Trough”
- German: “Penck-Mulde”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pencksøkket”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pencksøkket”
- Norwegian: “Pencksøkket”
- Swedish: “Penck Trough”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bråpiggen Peak and Friis-Baastad Peak.
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