Cuneiform Cliffs
| Cuneiform Cliffs | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Victory Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 6 ′ S , 167 ° 38 ′ E | |
The Cuneiform Cliffs ( English for wedge- shaped cliffs ) are a series of steep and irregular rock cliffs on the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They tower along the lower Mariner Glacier at the southern end of the Malta Plateau in the Victory Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1966 after the wedge-shaped rock spurs on the front of the cliffs.
Web links
- Cuneiform Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cuneiform Cliffs on geographic.org (English)