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Waitabit Cliffs (71°31′S 68°14′W / 71.517°S 68.233°W) is a line of sedimentary cliffs on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, which faces east onto George VI Sound and extends 3 nautical miles (6 km) north from the mouth of Mercury Glacier. The cliffs were probably first sighted by Lincoln Ellsworth, who flew directly over it and photographed segments of this coast on November 23, 1935. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition. Resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, at which time the rock strata were independently examined by members of the party at two different points, an important investigation causing the delay which gave rise to the name.

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  • Die Waitabit-Kliffs sind eine Reihe von Kliffs aus Sedimentgestein, welche an der Ostküste der westantarktischen Alexander-I.-Insel direkt am George-VI-Sund liegen und sich ausgehend von der Mündung des Merkur-Gletschers über eine Länge von 5 km erstrecken. Erstmals gesichtet hat sie vermutlich der US-amerikanische Polarforscher Lincoln Ellsworth bei einem Überflug am 23. November 1935. Eine grobe Kartierung nahmen 1936 Teilnehmer der British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) vor. Neuerliche Vermessungen führte der Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 1949 durch. Dabei wurden Gesteinsschichten der Kliffs von zwei Ausgangspunkten untersucht, was zu einer namensgebenden Verzögerung (englisch Wait a bit ‚Warte ein wenig‘) führte. (de)
  • Waitabit Cliffs (71°31′S 68°14′W / 71.517°S 68.233°W) is a line of sedimentary cliffs on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, which faces east onto George VI Sound and extends 3 nautical miles (6 km) north from the mouth of Mercury Glacier. The cliffs were probably first sighted by Lincoln Ellsworth, who flew directly over it and photographed segments of this coast on November 23, 1935. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition. Resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, at which time the rock strata were independently examined by members of the party at two different points, an important investigation causing the delay which gave rise to the name. (en)
  • 韋塔比特崖(英語:Waitabit Cliffs)是南極洲的懸崖,位於亞歷山大一世島東岸,處於水星冰川終點以北6公里,全長6公里,在1935年11月23日由美國的探險家發現。 (zh)
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  • Waitabit Cliffs (71°31′S 68°14′W / 71.517°S 68.233°W) is a line of sedimentary cliffs on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, which faces east onto George VI Sound and extends 3 nautical miles (6 km) north from the mouth of Mercury Glacier. The cliffs were probably first sighted by Lincoln Ellsworth, who flew directly over it and photographed segments of this coast on November 23, 1935. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition. Resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, at which time the rock strata were independently examined by members of the party at two different points, an important investigation causing the delay which gave rise to the name. (en)
  • 韋塔比特崖(英語:Waitabit Cliffs)是南極洲的懸崖,位於亞歷山大一世島東岸,處於水星冰川終點以北6公里,全長6公里,在1935年11月23日由美國的探險家發現。 (zh)
  • Die Waitabit-Kliffs sind eine Reihe von Kliffs aus Sedimentgestein, welche an der Ostküste der westantarktischen Alexander-I.-Insel direkt am George-VI-Sund liegen und sich ausgehend von der Mündung des Merkur-Gletschers über eine Länge von 5 km erstrecken. (de)
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