Vigen cliffs
| Vigen cliffs | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Pensacola Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 23 ′ S , 50 ° 6 ′ W | |
The Vigen Cliffs are 1,750 m high cliffs in Queen Elizabeth Land in West Antarctica . In the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains they tower east of Gabbro Crest on the southeastern edge of the Saratoga Table .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1979 after Oscar C. Vigen (1921-2000) of the National Science Foundation , who was responsible for the financial planning of the foundation from 1968 to 1985.
Web links
- Vigen Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vigen Cliffs on geographic.org (English)