Calypso Cliffs () are two prominent rocky cliffs rising to on the south side of Mobiloil Inlet immediately west of the mouth of

Cronus Glacier Bowman Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet between Kay Nunatak and Platt Point on the Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Location Bowman Inlet is at the southeast end of the Bowman Coast of Graham Land on the A ...

, on the east coast of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...

. They were photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service, September 28, 1940, and by the

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Background Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored ex ...

( trimetrogon air photography), December 22, 1947. They were surveyed by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

in December 1958, and named by 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) and ...

after Calypso the daughter of Atlas, a goddess in Greek mythology.

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* Cliffs of Graham Land Bowman Coast Calypso (mythology) {{BowmanCoast-geo-stub