Chevreul Cliffs
| Chevreul Cliffs | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 33 ′ S , 20 ° 54 ′ W | |
The Chevreul Cliffs are approximately 1,500 m high cliffs in the East Antarctic Coatsland . They tower east of Mount Dewar in the Pioneers Escarpment of the Shackleton Range .
The first aerial photographs were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey carried out a survey between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the cliff in 1972 by the French chemist Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889), whose research on the nature of fats in 1823 for the development of stearin led, which subsequently found use in polar expeditions.
Web links
- Chevreul Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chevreul Cliffs on geographic.org (English)