Smith Cliff
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 59 ′ S , 100 ° 8 ′ W | |
The Smith-cliff is a rock cliff in the north of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It rises on the icy north coast of the Tinglof Peninsula .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2003 after the aircraft operator William F. Smith, a member of the Eastern Group of Operation Highjump (1946-1947) carried out by the United States Navy for the creation of aerial photographs of Thurston Island and the neighboring mainland coast.
Web links
- Smith Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Smith Cliff on geographic.org