Roberts Cliff
| Roberts Cliff | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 24 ′ S , 170 ° 5 ′ E | |
 Topographic map of the Hallett Peninsula, which is triangular when viewed from above (center right) with Roberts Cliff |
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The Roberts-cliff is a rocky cliff at the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is next to the Salmon- and the shear cliff one of three distinctive cliffs south of Seabee Hook on the west side of the Hallett Peninsula .
Participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition campaign, which lasted from 1957 to 1958, named it after the American meteorologist Charles L. Roberts Jr., scientific director of the Hallett Station in 1959.
Web links
- Roberts Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Roberts Cliff on geographic.org (English)