Tumbledown Cliffs
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 5 ′ S , 58 ° 27 ′ W | |
The Tumbledown Cliffs ( English for dilapidated cliffs ) are striking and around 360 m high cliffs on the west coast of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . They tower 5 km north of the Cape Obelisk .
She probably discovered Otto Nordenskjöld in 1903 during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on September 4, 1957 after the boulders at the foot of the cliffs.
Web links
- Tumbledown Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tumbledown Crags on geographic.org (English)