The Astro Cliffs () are rock cliffs , situated at the southeast extremity of

Churchill Peninsula Churchill Peninsula () is an ice-covered peninsula between Cabinet Inlet and Adie Inlet, extending some in a southeasterly direction from the east coast of Graham Land. The peninsula ends in Cape Alexander separating Oscar II Coast to the north ...

, northeast of

Cape Alexander Cape Alexander () is a cape which forms the south end of Churchill Peninsula and the east side of the entrance to Cabinet Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographe ...

on the east coast of

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...

. Surveyed by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the v ...

in 1955, they mark the most southerly point of the survey. The

UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...

name arose from the astronomical fix obtained near the summit which was essential for the control of the survey traverse.

References

* Cliffs of Graham Land Graham Coast {{GrahamCoast-geo-stub