cirque
bowl shape or amphitheater usually sculpted out of the mountain terrain by a cirque glacier.
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Cirque on Cirque Mountain in the Torngat Mountains, Newfoundland, Canada.

Hazen Russel, Natural Resources Canada, copyright Terrain Sciences Division, Geological Survey of Canada
Topic(s):
glaciers

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