Organ Pipe Cliffs

Organ Pipe Cliffs is a line of coastal cliffs in the form of palisades of columnar dolerite overlooking the sea to the west of Cape Wild. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named them because of the similarity of the rock structure to organ pipes..[1]

Organ Pipe Cliffs
LocationGeorge V Land
Coordinates68°25′S 149°4′E
Offshore water bodiesSouthern Ocean
AreaAntarctica

Landforms

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References

  1.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Organ Pipe Cliffs". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 


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