Bengtson Cliffs
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 51 ′ S , 57 ° 47 ′ W | |
The Bengtson Cliffs are bright, rocky cliffs on James Ross Island in West Antarctica . They rise up halfway between Cape Lachman and Andreassen Point on the east bank of Herbert Sound .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1993 after Peter Kristian Bengtson (* 1945) from Uppsala University , who worked for the British Antarctic Survey on James Ross Island from 1988 to 1989.
Web links
- Bengtson Cliffs in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)