Descent Cliff
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 43 ' S , 166 ° 53' E | |
 Topographic map of the Hut Point Peninsula with Descent Cliff |
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The Descent Cliff (English for descent cliff ) is a cliff on the Antarctic Ross Island in the Ross Archipelago . It looms between the Hutton Cliffs and the Erebus Glacier tongue on the west side of the Hut Point Peninsula .
Participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott mapped and named it. It is named after a descent to the sea ice of McMurdo Sound .
Web links
- Descent Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Descent Cliff on geographic.org (English)