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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Succession Cliffs (GBR) | 71° 10' 00.0" S | 68° 15' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 111454
Place ID: 14194
rising to c. 250m S of Pluto Glacier on George VI Sound, Alexander Island, were probably sighted by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935; roughly surveyed by BGLE in October 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1948 and so named because of the geological succession exposed in the cliffs (APC, 1955, p.20; USHO chart 6638, 1956; DOS 610 sheet W 71 68, 1960). Skaly Sekseshen-Klifs (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Succession Cliffs (USA) | 71° 11' 00.0" S | 68° 16' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 132307
Place ID: 14194
A line of steep cliffs 1.5 mi long on the E coast of Alexander Island, facing E onto George VI Sound immediately S of the mouth of Pluto Glacier. Probably first seen by Lincoln Ellsworth who photographed segments of the coast in this vicinity on Nov. 23, 1935. First roughly surveyed from the ground in 1936 by the BGLE and resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS. So named by FIDS because a geologic succession, or depositional sequence, is revealed by the accessible rock exposures of the cliffs. |
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