Pagodroma Gorge is a steep-sided gorge 3 mi long which joins Radok

Radok Lake

Radok Lake is a meltwater lake about 4 mi long and marked by a slender glacier tongue feeding into it from the west, lying 3 mi south-west of Beaver Lake and 15 mi south-east of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from air...

 and Beaver Lakes

Beaver Lake (Antarctica)

Beaver Lake is a lake of smooth ice, 7 mi long and 5 mi wide, enclosed on the south and east by Flagstone Bench and Jetty Peninsula. The lake is situated at the south end of an area of rough ice , 17 mi ESE of Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by Australian National Antarctic...

, in the Prince Charles Mountains

Prince Charles Mountains

Prince Charles Mountains is a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies . Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear...

. Photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956. The gorge was traveled by A. Medvecky, Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) geologist in January–February, 1969. Named by ANCA after the Snow Petrels

Snow Petrel

The Snow Petrel is the only member of the genus Pagodroma. It is one of only three birds that breed exclusively in Antarctica and has been seen at the South Pole. It has the most southerly breeding distribution of any bird.-Taxonomy:...

 (Pagodroma nivea) which nest in the weathered sandstone

Sandstone

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...

walls of the gorge.