Orford Cliff
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Orford Cliff is a coastal cliff of Pernik Peninsula
, Loubet Coast in Graham Land
, overlooking the east side of Lallemand Fjord
just east of Andresen Island
. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1956. Named for Michael J.H. Orford, FIDS assistant surveyor at Detaille Island
in 1956, a member of the party which found a route from Detaille Island to Avery Plateau
, via Orford Cliff and Murphy Glacier
.
Pernik Peninsula
Pernik Peninsula is the ice-covered peninsula projecting 40 km in northwest direction from Loubet Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula...
, Loubet Coast in 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...
, overlooking the east side of Lallemand Fjord
Lallemand Fjord
The Lallemand Fjord is a fjord located east of Arrowsmith Peninsula and west of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula...
just east of Andresen Island
Andresen Island
Andresen Island , also known as Isla Curanilahue, is an island long and rising over , lying in the middle of the entrance to Lallemand Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land...
. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1956. Named for Michael J.H. Orford, FIDS assistant surveyor at Detaille Island
Detaille Island
Detaille Island is a small island off the Northern end of Arrowsmith Peninsula in Antarctica. From 1956 to 1959 it was home to "Station W" of the British Antarctic Survey. It is now visited with some frequency by Antarctic cruise ships.- See also :...
in 1956, a member of the party which found a route from Detaille Island to Avery Plateau
Avery Plateau
Avery Plateau is an ice-covered plateau, about long and rising to about , midway between Loubet Coast and Foyn Coast in Graham Land. The first sighting of this plateau is not ascertained, but it was presumably seen in January and February of 1909 by members of the French Antarctic Expedition...
, via Orford Cliff and Murphy Glacier
Murphy Glacier
Murphy Glacier is a glacier on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, flowing generally westward to Orford Cliff and merging with Wilkinson Glacier before terminating in Lallemand Fjord. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition . Named for...
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