Cliff Island (Antarctica)

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Cliff Island ( 66°0′S65°39′W / 66.000°S 65.650°W / -66.000; -65.650 Coordinates: 66°0′S65°39′W / 66.000°S 65.650°W / -66.000; -65.650 ) is a narrow cliffed island at the south side of Mutton Cove, lying immediately south of Upper Island and 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Prospect Point, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37. [1]

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Upper Island is a narrow island at the north side of Mutton Cove, lying between Cliff and Harp Islands and 13 km west of Prospect Point, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934–37, under John Rymill.

Prospect Point (Antarctica) headland

Prospect Point is a headland at the west extremity of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, nearly 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Ferin Head and immediately east of the Fish Islands. Roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. The name was suggested in 1957 by E. P. Arrowsmith, Governor of the Falkland Islands.

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