Mummery cliff
| Mummery cliff | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 26 ′ S , 21 ° 25 ′ W | |
The Mummery-cliff is up to 1250 m high cliff in East Antarctic Coats Land . It looms southeast of the Whymper Spur in the Pioneers Escarpment of the Shackleton Range .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after the British mountaineer Albert Mummery (1855–1895), who developed an expedition tent that was also named after him.
Web links
- Mummery Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mummery Cliff on geographic.org (English)