Couloir Cliffs
| Couloir Cliffs | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 1 ′ S , 162 ° 48 ′ E | |
The Couloir Cliffs ( English for canyon cliffs ) are 5 km long and between 30 and 60 m high cliffs on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They are located on the east side of Avalanche Bay in Granite Harbor .
Participants of a team led by the Australian geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880-1963) to explore Granite Harbor on the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott made the name. Numerous rock shafts and gorges within the cliffs give it its name.
Web links
- Couloir Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Couloir Cliffs on geographic.org (English)