Shackleton Falls
| Shackleton Falls | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 9 '0 " S , 36 ° 44' 27.6" W | |
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| place | South Georgia | |
| Estuarine waters | Stromness Harbor | |
The Shackleton Falls are a waterfall on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . They are at the head of the Shackleton Valley in the Bosom region .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2013 based on the naming of the valley of the same name. Its namesake is the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), who succeeded in crossing the island with two companions in May 1916 after an adventurous rescue trip in a dinghy from Elephant Island to South Georgia.
Web links
- Shackleton Falls . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)