Flett Crags
| Flett Crags | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Read Mountains , Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 39 ′ S , 23 ° 36 ′ W | |
The Flett Crags are ledges in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range they tower 8 km north of Mount Wegener on the northern slope of the Read Mountains .
The United States Navy took the first aerial photographs in 1967. The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1972 after the British geologist John Smith Flett (1869-1947).
Web links
- Flett Crags in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Flett Crags on geographic.org (English)