Ponting cliff
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 12 ′ S , 168 ° 21 ′ E | |
 Map of the Pennell coast with the Ponting cliff (top left) |
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The Ponting-Kliff is an edgy cliff on the Pennell Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 5 km east of the common confluence of the Dennistoun , Nash and Wallis glaciers in the Somow Sea . It is similar in appearance to the neighboring Meares cliff .
The northern group of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) of British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott , led by Victor Campbell , mapped it. It is named after Herbert Ponting (1870–1935), photographer on this research trip.
Web links
- Ponting Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ponting Cliff on geographic.org (English)