Cornwell Corner

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Cornwell Corner
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
part of Transantarctic Mountains
Cornwell Corner (Antarctica)
Cornwell Corner
Coordinates 80 ° 13 ′  S , 158 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 80 ° 13 ′  S , 158 ° 59 ′  E
Topographic map (1: 250,000) with Horney Bluff (top left), at the western end of which Cornwell Corner rises

Topographic map (1: 250,000) with Horney Bluff (top left), at the western end of which Cornwell Corner rises

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Cornwell Corner is an angular and 800  m high cliff on the Hillary Coast in southern Victoria Land . It is at the western end of Horney Bluff , where the Merrick Glacier abruptly bends east before flowing into the Byrd Glacier .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cliff in 2000 after Delbert Strother Cornwell (1900-1974), captain of the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea in Operation Highjump (1946-1947) led by Richard Evelyn Byrd .

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