Streitenberger cliff
| Streitenberger cliff | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Thiel Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 3 ′ S , 92 ° 7 ′ W | |
The Streitenberger Kliff is a steeply sloping cliff in Marie-Byrd Land in western Antarctica . In the Thiel Mountains , it rises 2.1 km west of Reed Ridge on the northwest edge of the Ford massif .
It was named at the suggestion of geologist Arthur B. Ford and cartographer Peter Frank Bermel , who jointly led a team of the United States Geological Survey to explore the Thiel Mountains between 1960 and 1961 . Namesake is Staff Sergeant Fred W. Streitenberger of the United States Marine Corps , navigator of a crew of the Navy flight squadron VX-6, which this crew had flown to the Thiel Mountains and other mountains.
Web links
- Streitenberger Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Streitenberger Cliff on geographic.org (English)