Name details

Zittel Cliffs

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 133981

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:

Narrative

Cliffs rising to c. 1,400 m in the NW part of Du Toit Nunataks, Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. The feature was surveyed by the CTAE, 1957, photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and further surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by UK-APC in 1971 after Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839-1904), German paleontologist who specialized in the study of fossil sponges.

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Location

Latitude:
80° 40' 00.0" S
-80.66667°
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Longitude:
25° 59' 00.0" W
-25.98333°
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Altitude:
1400 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

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Approval status

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