The Cannonball Cliffs () are cliffs at the south side of the terminus of
Neptune Glacier on the east side of
Alexander Island,
Antarctica. The feature consists of two east–west ridges about high, joined by a narrow north–south ridge. The feature was mapped from
trimetrogon air photography taken by the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.
Background
Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...
, 1947–48, and from survey by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50. The name was applied by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the sandstone in the area, which contains numerous spherical, brown
concretions known as "cannon-ball" concretions.
See also
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Burn Cliffs
Burn Cliffs () are two rock outlier ridges, high, westward of Mount Ethelwulf, Douglas Range, at the head of Haydn Inlet, in the west-central part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature was mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS) fr ...
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Corner Cliffs
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Callisto Cliffs
Callisto Cliffs (), rising to , are two cliffs, one forming the southern margins of Jupiter Glacier, the other the eastern margin of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by the Ronne Antarctic ...
References
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Cliffs of Alexander Island
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