Dutkiewicz cliff
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| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 11 ′ S , 58 ° 31 ′ W | |
The Dutkiewicz-Klifff ( Polish Urwisko Dutkiewicza ) is a 330 m high cliff on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It looms between the Italia Valley and the Dera Icefall on the Ezcurra Fjord .
Polish scientists named it in 1980 after the geomorphologist Leopold Dutkiewicz, who was involved in several Polish Antarctic expeditions and was one of the first to winter at the Arctowski station in 1977 .
Web links
- Dutkiewicz Cliff in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)