Europa cliffs
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| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 52 ′ S , 68 ° 44 ′ W | |
The Europa-Kliffs are a group of contiguous hills and rocky mountain ridges in the east of Alexander I Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . They rise up on the western flank of the Jupiter Glacier .
Trimetrogon recordings by the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) and measurements by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1948-1950) were used to map them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on December 20, 1974, based on the name of the Jupiter Glacier after Jupiter's moon Europa .
Web links
- Europe Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Europa Cliffs on geographic.org (English)