Karlsen cliffs
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| location | Snow Hill Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 21 ′ S , 56 ° 57 ′ W | |
The Karlsen Cliffs are cliffs northeast of Snow Hill Island in the Antarctic Weddell Sea . They form the northwest coast of the Spath Peninsula .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1995 after Anders Karlsen (1864 – unknown), chief machinist on the research vessel Antarctic in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld .
Web links
- Karlsen Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Karlsen Cliffs on geographic.org (English)