Crisscross crags
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 6 ′ S , 58 ° 21 ′ W | |
The Crisscross Crags (English for Kreuzundquerklippen ) are a 650 m high and irregularly shaped formation of cliffs on the West Antarctic James Ross Island . With foothills in all four directions, the cliffs rise 650 m east of Rum Cove .
They were given their descriptive name in 1987 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee .
Web links
- Crisscross Crags in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Crisscross Crags on geographic.org (English)