Feature Name (see definition): Clarkson Cliffs

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2840

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 28' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 027° 04' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.4666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -27.0666667

Elevation (see definition): 1400

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): Ice-covered cliffs marked by rock exposures, rising to 1,400 m at the NE edge of Fuchs Dome, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Peter D. Clarkson, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist, Halley Station, 1968-70, who worked in the area for four seasons, 1968-71, 1977-78; Head, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mineralogy, Geology and Geochemistry Section, 1976-89; at SPRI from 1989.

Date Created (see definition): No data

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