Atkinson Cliffs () are high coastal cliffs, long, between the lower ends of

Fendley Glacier Fendley Glacier () is a glacier, long, flowing northeast from the Admiralty Mountains to enter the sea between Mount Cherry-Garrard and the Atkinson Cliffs, on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This geographical feature was first mappe ...

and

Pitkevitch Glacier Pitkevitch Glacier () is a glacier, 20 nautical miles (37 km) 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. ...

on the north coast of

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

. They were mapped in 1911 by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named for Dr.

Edward L. Atkinson Edward Leicester Atkinson, (23 November 1881 – 20 February 1929) was a Royal Navy 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 expedit ...

, surgeon of the expedition. The cliffs lie on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between

Cape Williams Cape Williams () is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica. It is the termination of Buell Peninsula at the east side of the terminus of Lillie Glacier at the lower ends of George Glacier and Zykov Glacier. The peninsula is 15 nautical miles (28 km) ...

and

Cape Adare Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Description Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e ...

References

* Cliffs of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub