Canopy cliffs
| Canopy cliffs | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Elizabeth Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 0 ′ S , 160 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Canopy Cliffs are steep cliffs in the far west of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . They extend in the Queen Elizabeth Range on the southeast side of the Peletier Plateau from Mount Allsup to Mount Ropar .
The northern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-1962) gave a descriptive name to the cliffs as they in shape to a canopy ( English canopy remember).
Web links
- Canopy Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Canopy Cliffs on geographic.org (English)