Name details

Painted Cliffs

Painted Cliffs (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Painted Cliffs (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 129792

Feature type: Cliff (2f)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Painted Cliffs (New Zealand)

Narrative

An irregular line of cliffs which extend SW from Mount Picciotto and mark the SE edge of Prince Andrew Plateau. Named by the NZGSAE (1961-62) because of the colored sedimentary and igneous rock layers exposed on the face of the cliffs.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

83° 50' 00.0" S

-83.83333°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

162° 20' 00.0" E

162.33333°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

1-Jan-1966

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