Kendall Basin
Kendall Basin is an ice-free cirque at the northwest end of the Herbert Mountains, in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71.Places of Interest
Highlights include Charpentier Pyramid.
Charpentier Pyramid
Peak
Charpentier Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped peak rising to 1,080 metres in the northwest part of the Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names… Charpentier Pyramid is situated 2½ km southwest of Kendall Basin.
Kendall Basin
- Type: Basin with an elevation of 798 metres
- Description: ice-free cirque in Antartica
- Categories: glacial cirque and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Kendall Basin” goes by many names.
- German: “Kendall Basin”
- Italian: “Kendall Basin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kendall Basin”
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