Fulmar Crags
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| location | Coronation Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 38 ′ S , 45 ° 11 ′ W | |
The Fulmar Crags are cliffs that tower over the East Cape of Coronation Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys between 1956 and 1958. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the silver petrel ( Fulmarus glacialoides ), whose breeding grounds these cliffs belong to.
Web links
- Fulmar Crags in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fulmar Crags on geographic.org (English)