Charlesworth Cliffs
| Charlesworth Cliffs | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 14 ′ S , 25 ° 17 ′ W | |
The Charlesworth Cliffs are a series of rocky cliffs in the East Antarctic Coatsland . They loom near the northern end of the central ridge of the Herbert Mountains in the Shackleton Range .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys from 1968 to 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the cliffs on January 5, 1972 after the British geologist John Kaye Charlesworth (1889–1972) from Queen's University Belfast .
Web links
- Charlesworth Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Charlesworth Cliffs on geographic.org (English)