Atkinson Cliffs
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Atkinson Cliffs are high coastal cliffs, 4 miles (6 km) long, between the lower ends of Fendley Glacier
and Pitkevitch Glacier
on the north coast of Victoria Land
. They were mapped in 1911 by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition
, 1910–13, and named for Dr. Edward L. Atkinson
, surgeon of the expedition.
Fendley Glacier
Fendley Glacier is a glacier, 17 nautical miles long, flowing northeast from the Admiralty Mountains to enter the sea between Mount Cherry-Garrard and Atkinson Cliffs, on the north coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63....
and Pitkevitch Glacier
Pitkevitch Glacier
Pitkevitch Glacier is a glacier, 20 nautical miles long, flowing north from the Admiralty Mountains along the west side of DuBridge Range. The glacier reaches the sea just east of Atkinson Cliffs, where it forms Anderson Icefalls. A portion of the terminus merges northwestward with Fendley...
on the north coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. They were mapped in 1911 by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...
, 1910–13, and named for Dr. Edward L. Atkinson
Edward L. Atkinson
Edward Leicester Atkinson DSO AM RN was a Royal naval surgeon and Antarctic explorer who was a member of the scientific staff of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13. He was in command of the expedition's base at Cape Evans for much of 1912, and led the party which found the tent...
, surgeon of the expedition.