Soyuz-17 Cliff
| Soyuz-17 Cliff | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Cook Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 31 ′ S , 159 ° 8 ′ E | |
The Soyuz-17 Cliff ( English ; Russian Утёз Союз-17 Utjos Sojus 17 , German 'Soyuz-17-Kliff' ) is a 500 m high and 5.5 km long cliff in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Cook Mountains it rises 6 km west-northwest of Cape Murray on the north flank of the Carlyon Glacier .
Soviet scientists named it after the Soyuz 17 spacecraft launched on January 17, 1975 . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Russian designation into English in 2000.
Web links
- Soyus-17 Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Soyus-17 Cliff on geographic.org (English)