Cliff Island
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Cliff Island is a narrow cliffed island at the south side of Mutton Cove
, lying immediately south of Upper Island
and 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Prospect Point
, off the west coast of Graham Land
. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition
under Rymill, 1934–37.
Mutton Cove
Mutton Cove is an anchorage 0.5 nautical miles northeast of the south end of Beer Island in the Biscoe Islands. The cove is formed by four small islands, Harp, Upper, Cliff and Girdler Islands. Beer Island shelters the cove from the west. Charted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition ...
, lying immediately south of Upper Island
Upper Island
Upper Island is a narrow island at the north side of Mutton Cove, lying between Cliff and Harp Islands and 8 miles west of Prospect Point, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition , 1934-37, under John Rymill.- See also :* List of...
and 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Prospect Point
Prospect Point
Prospect Point is a headland at the west extremity of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, nearly 2 nautical miles south of Ferin Head and immediately east of the Fish Islands. Roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934-37. Photographed by Hunting...
, off the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
under Rymill, 1934–37.