Vee Cliffs
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Vee Cliffs is a steep, mainly ice-covered cliffs, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, between Aurora and Terror Glaciers on the south shore of Ross Island
. The name is suggested by two prominent V-shape wedges which protrude from the cliff wall. The name was first used by Dr. Edward A. Wilson who, with Thomas V. Hodgson of Discovery expedition, 1901–04, visited the cliffs in November 1903.
Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.-Geography:...
. The name is suggested by two prominent V-shape wedges which protrude from the cliff wall. The name was first used by Dr. Edward A. Wilson who, with Thomas V. Hodgson of Discovery expedition, 1901–04, visited the cliffs in November 1903.