Favreau Pillar

Favreau Pillar
Topographic map of the Adare Peninsula and Foyn Island (bottom right) with the Favreau Pillar
Waters	Ross Sea
Archipelago	Possession Islands
Geographical location	71 ° 57 ′  S , 171 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 71 ° 57 ′  S , 171 ° 5 ′  E
Residents	uninhabited

The Favreau Pillar (English for Favreau Pillar ) is a cliff in the Ross Sea off the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises to the east of Foyn Island in the group of Possession Islands southeast of the Adare Peninsula .

The United States Geological Survey mapped them using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1958 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1969 after Robert D. Favreau of the United States Marine Corps , navigator on the 18. January 1958 when this cliff was first photographed from the air.

Web links

• Favreau Pillar in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Favreau Pillar on geographic.org (English)