Teasdale Corrie
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Teasdale Corrie is a cirque about 2,000 ft east-west and 1,500 ft north-south, situated about 1,600 ft north-northeast of Cinder Spur
Cinder Spur
Cinder Spur is a small spur extending into Legru Bay, west of Low Head on the south coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 because the feature is composed mainly of volcanic cinders....

. It is backed on its north flank by the high rocky crags of Dunikowski Ridge
Dunikowski Ridge
Dunikowski Ridge is a ridge trending NW-SE and rising to about 315 m northeast of Legru Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named following geological work by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1977–79, after Xawery Dunikowski , Polish sculptor....

. The cirque, erroneously believed to be a volcanic vent, was exposed by recent glacial retreat. It contains a series of small lakes near the south margin, which are fed by seasonal meltwater. Named for Andrew Teasdale (b. 1966), British Antarctic Survey Field Assistant to Dr. J.L. Smellie for the duration of the January to April 1996 field season.
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