Meares cliff
| Meares cliff | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 12 ′ S , 168 ° 25 ′ E | |
 Map of the Pennell coast with the Meares cliff (top left) |
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The Meares-cliff is an edgy and 600 m high cliff on the Pennell coast of the east Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 9 km west-northwest of Nelson Cliff . In its shape, it is similar to the neighboring Ponting cliff to the west .
It was mapped by the northern group of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Victor Campbell . The cliff is named after Cecil Meares (1877–1937), the sled dog handler on this research trip .
Web links
- Meares Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Meares Cliff on geographic.org (English)