Anchor Crag
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 12 ′ S , 66 ° 9 ′ W | |
The Anchor Crag ( English for anchor - rock ) is a 1210 m high cliff in Grahamland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 6.5 km north-northeast of Mount Gilbert on the northern flank of the Airy Glacier .
Aerial photographs of the formation were taken on November 27, 1947 as part of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey took a survey on November 4, 1958. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1962 after a cornice on the front of the cliff discovered by the survey , the shape of which was reminiscent of a ship's anchor.
Web links
- Anchor Crag in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Anchor Crag on geographic.org (English)