Atkinson cliffs
| Atkinson cliffs | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 18 ′ S , 168 ° 55 ′ E | |
The Atkinson Cliffs are high and 6.5 km long cliffs on the Pennell coast of East Antarctica Victoria Land . They loom between the lower sections of the Fendley Glacier and the Pitkevitch Glacier .
They were first mapped by the northern group of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913). They are named after the British doctor Edward Atkinson (1881–1929), surgeon on the expedition.
Web links
- Atkinson Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Atkinson Cliffs on geographic.org (English)