Wellman cliffs
| Wellman cliffs | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , Antarctica | |
| part of | Geologists Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 27 ′ S , 156 ° 10 ′ E | |
The Wellman Cliffs are distinctive cliffs in the Australian Antarctic Territory . They tower over a length of 19 km on the eastern flank of the Boucot Plateau in the Geologists Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The northern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–1962) sighted the cliffs and named them. It is named after the New Zealand geologist Harold William Wellman (1909-1999), who developed a simple method for creating maps from aerial photographs, which was used on this expedition.
Web links
- Wellman Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wellman Cliffs on geographic.org (English)