Vee Cliffs
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ S , 167 ° 45 ′ E | |
 Topographic map of Ross Island with the Vee Cliffs (below) |
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The Vee Cliffs ( English for V cliffs ) are steep, mainly icy and 6 km long cliffs in the south of the Antarctic Ross Island in the Ross Archipelago . They rise between the mouths of the Aurora and Terror glaciers .
Edward Adrian Wilson , who together with Thomas Vere Hodgson (1864-1926) had visited these cliffs in November 1903 as part of the British Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), made the naming. It is named after two V-shaped rock wedges that protrude from the wall of the cliff.
Web links
- Vee Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vee Cliffs on geographic.org (English)