Counter cliffs
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 6 ′ S , 137 ° 48 ′ W | |
The counter cliffs are a series of icy and up to 360 m high cliffs on the Ruppert coast of the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . They tower over the eastern flank of Frostman Glacier in its estuary in Hull Bay .
The United States Geological Survey carried out a mapping between 1959 and 1965 using its own survey data and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cliffs in 1975 after Richard Wesley Konter (1882–1979), a crew member of the City of New York on the American Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930).
Web links
- Counter Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Konter Cliffs on geographic.org (English)