The Marø Cliffs (79°4′S 28°30′W / 79.067°S 28.500°W / -79.067; -28.500) are prominent rock cliffs standing southwest of Jeffries Glacier in the Theron Mountains of Antarctica. They were first mapped in 1956–57 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Harald Marø, captain of the Canadian sealer Theron which transported the advance party and other members of the expedition to the Filchner Ice Shelf in 1955–56.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Marø Cliffs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 463. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

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