Aronson Corner
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Aronson Corner is the cliffed extremity of a snow-capped ridge between Mummery Cliff
Mummery Cliff
Mummery Cliff is a cliff rising to about 1,250 m to the southeast of Whymper Spur in the Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after Albert...

 and Chevreul Cliffs
Chevreul Cliffs
The Chevreul Cliffs are a set of cliffs rising to about to the east of Mount Dewar in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. They were photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71...

 in Pioneers Escarpment
Pioneers Escarpment
Pioneers Escarpment is a mostly snow-covered north-facing escarpment, interrupted by occasional bluffs and spurs, between Slessor Glacier on the north and Shotton Snowfield on the south, in the Shackleton Range. The escarpment was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and was surveyed...

, Shackleton Range
Shackleton Range
The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....

. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....

, 1968–71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel, it was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Louis V. Aronson
Louis V. Aronson
Louis Vincent Aronson , inventor and businessman, founded the Art Metal Works, which evolved to manufacture Ronson lighters.-Biography:...

, American founder of the Ronson Corporation, who in about 1910 developed the first practical petrol lighter
Lighter
A lighter is a portable device used to generate a flame. It consists of a metal or plastic container filled with a flammable fluid or pressurized liquid gas, a means of ignition, and some provision for extinguishing the flame.- History :...

, known originally as the "trench match."
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