Parpen Crags
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| location | Coronation Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 35 ′ S , 45 ° 49 ′ W | |
The Parpen Crags are a striking and isolated cliff in the south of Coronation Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It rises near the head of Norway Bight .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey took from 1948 to 1950 surveys before. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the cliff in 1955. Parpen is an English term for a so-called tie-through or tie stone in masonry .
Web links
- Parpen Crags in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Parpen Crags on geographic.org (English)