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Zittel Cliffs

Coordinates: 80°40′S 25°59′W / 80.667°S 25.983°W / -80.667; -25.983
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Zittel Cliffs (80°40′S 25°59′W / 80.667°S 25.983°W / -80.667; -25.983) is a set of cliffs rising to about 1,400 m in the northwest part of Du Toit Nunataks, Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. The feature was surveyed by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1957, photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and further surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839-1904), German paleontologist who specialized in the study of fossil sponges.

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