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Organ Pipe Cliffs

Coordinates: 68°25′S 149°4′E / 68.417°S 149.067°E / -68.417; 149.067
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Organ Pipe Cliffs
Organ Pipe Cliffs is located in Antarctica
Organ Pipe Cliffs
Organ Pipe Cliffs
Coordinates: 68°25′S 149°4′E / 68.417°S 149.067°E / -68.417; 149.067
LocationGeorge V Land
Offshore water bodiesSouthern Ocean
Area
 • TotalAntarctica

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 (1911–1914) under Douglas Mawson, who named them because of the similarity of the rock structure to organ pipes.[1]

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  1. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Organ Pipe Cliffs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.  Edit this at Wikidata