Retreat bluffs
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| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 9 ′ S , 58 ° 13 ′ W | |
The Retreat Bluffs are around 100 m high rock cliffs on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands, divided into three sections by narrow tongues of ice . They rise up in front of the Stwosz Icefall at the head of Legru Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it 1998. name derives from the fact that the cliff only as a result of the retreat ( English retreat ) of Stwosz-icefall came to light.
Web links
- Retreat Bluffs in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)