Vertigo Cliffs
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| location | Vega Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 47 ′ S , 57 ° 26 ′ W | |
The Vertigo Cliffs ( English for vertigo cliff ) are striking, steep and approximately 200 m high rock cliffs on Vega Island off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . They rise 11 km west of Cape Well-met . There is a mountain basin near its western end .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1988 alluded to the height and steepness of the cliffs with the naming.
Web links
- Vertigo Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vertigo Cliffs on geographic.org (English)