Nelson Cliffs
| Nelson Cliffs | ||
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| part of | Lomas Ridge | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 20 ′ S , 57 ° 35 ′ W | |
The Nelson Cliffs are steep, around 350 m high and 8 km long cliffs on the West Antarctic James Ross Island . They rise in an east-west orientation on the north flank of Lomas Ridge between Tortoise Hill and a landmark 5 km north of Jefford Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2006 after the British geologist Philip Humphrey Hardwick Nelson (* 1938), who carried out the first geological mapping of James Ross Island.
Web links
- Nelson Cliffs in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)