Creehan Cliff
| Creehan Cliff | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Toney Mountain | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 47 ′ S , 115 ° 26 ′ W | |
 Topographic map of Toney Mountain with Creehan Cliff |
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The Creehan-cliff is a rock cliff in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 10 km east-northeast of Richmond Peak on the north side of Toney Mountain .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the cliff using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1959 to 1971. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after Lieutenant Patrick E. Creehan of the US Navy Reserve Forces, who served during the Operation Deep Freeze in 1971 and 1972 served as a surgeon on the VXE-6 flight squadron. Geomagnetologist and seismologist at Byrd Station in the Antarctic winter of 1966.
Web links
- Creehan Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Creehan Cliff on geographic.org (English)