Starbuck Cirque

Starbuck Cirque (79°33′S 157°14′E / 79.550°S 157.233°E / -79.550; 157.233Coordinates: 79°33′S 157°14′E / 79.550°S 157.233°E / -79.550; 157.233) is a remarkable cirque, 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, between the base of Tentacle Ridge and Mount Hughes in Cook Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Michael J. Starbuck, United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographer who, with Roger A. Barlow, operated the seismometer and Doppler satellite receiving stations at South Pole, winter 1992; member of US-NZ field team in a program to combine US and NZ geodetic networks in the McMurdo Dry Valleys area, summer 1996-97.

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