Morton Cliff
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| location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ S , 60 ° 8 ′ W | |
The Morton Cliff is a striking, almost vertically rising rock cliff in the northeast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . With a height of 35 m , it forms the western level of the Williams Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the cliff in 1997 after Ashley Morton (* 1953), a survey assistant for the British Antarctic Survey .
Web links
- Morton Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Morton Cliff on geographic.org (English)