Uschi cliffs
| Uschi cliffs | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Roundel Dome on the Bruce Plateau | |
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 40 ′ S , 63 ° 16 ′ W | |
The Uschi-cliff ( Bulgarian скат Уши skat Uschi ) are striking, km long northwest-southeast alignment 2.7, 0.6 km wide and up to 1500 m towering rock cliffs at the Oskar-II. coast of the Antarctic Graham Lands . They rise 18.6 km south-south-west of the Madrid Dome , 8.15 km north-west of Peychinov Crag and 20 km east- south- east of Mount Rouge from the southern foothills of the Roundel Dome . The Flask Glacier is south of them.
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Uschi in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Ushi Cliffs in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)