Godwin Cliffs
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| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 8 ′ S , 58 ° 10 ′ W | |
The Godwin Cliffs are a group of prominent cliffs on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Krakow Peninsula they extend over a length of around 1000 m in a west-northwest-east-southeast orientation south of the Flabellum Bastion .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1998. It is named after the British botanist Harry Godwin (1901–1985).
Web links
- Godwin Cliffs in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)