Shear cliff
| Shear cliff | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 19 ′ S , 170 ° 1 ′ E | |
The shear cliff is a rocky cliff at the Borchgrevink Coast in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is one of the three striking cliffs south of Seabee Hook on the west side of the Hallett Peninsula , along with Salmon and Roberts Cliffs .
Participants in the 1957-1958 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the American meteorologist James Algan Shear (1919-1983), scientific director of the Hallett Station in 1957.
literature
- Shear Cliff in the database of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)
- Shear Cliff in the database of Antarctica NZ Digital Asset Manager (English)