Carruthers cliff
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| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 11 ′ S , 58 ° 17 ′ W | |
The Carruthers Cliff is a striking rock cliff on the coast of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the banks of Admiralty Bay , it forms the south-southeast flank of Vauréal Peak . It rises 180 m high and extends over a length between 65 and 77 m inland. In 1996, scientists discovered wood and leaf fossils at the foot of the cliff.
The namesake of the naming of the cliff made on February 15, 1998 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is the British stratigraphieologist and paleontologist Robert George Carruthers (1880-1965) from the British Geological Survey , who believes that the moraine deposits in Great Britain can be traced back to a singular glacier advance are.
Web links
- Carruthers Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Carruthers Cliff on geographic.org (English)