Arsenyev rock
| Arsenyev rock | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Liebknecht chain in the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 51 ′ S , 11 ° 12 ′ E | |
The Arsenjewfelsen ( Russian Скалы Арсеньева Skali Arsenjewa ) are striking cliffs in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . They rise from moraine rubble 4 km west of Mount Deryugin in the Liebknecht chain of the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains .
Soviet scientists mapped it between 1960 and 1961 using surveys and aerial photographs. It is named after the Russian geographer Konstantin Ivanovich Arsenjew (1789–1865).
Web links
- Arsen'yev Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arsen'yev Rocks on geographic.org (English)