Christow Kliff
| Christow Kliff | ||
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 View from Bransfieldstrasse to the Christow cliff |
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| location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| part of | Tangra Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 42 ′ S , 60 ° 3 ′ W | |
The Christow-cliff is over 300 m high rock cliff in eastern Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the banks of the adjacent Bransfield Strait makes it as the southern foothills of Serdica Peak to Aytos Point . It rises 2 km south to east of Serdica Peak, 2.7 km southwest to south of Radichkov Peak and 2.4 km southeast to east of Silistra Knoll . The Bojana Glacier is to the west and the Srebarna Glacier is to the northeast of it.
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named the cliff in 2004 after the Bulgarian singer Boris Christow (1914-1993).
Web links
- Christoff Cliff in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)