Cavendish Rocks () is a conspicuous bare rocks just south of
Cavendish Icefalls Cavendish Icefalls () is an icefall in the Taylor Glacier between Solitary Rocks and Cavendish Rocks, in Victoria Land. It was named by C.S. Wright, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, after the Cavendish Laboratory
The Cavendish L ...
in the middle of
Taylor Glacier
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The Taylor Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills, south of the Asgard Range. The middle part of the glacier is bounded on ...
, in
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...
. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) in 1964 after Cavendish Icefalls.
Rock formations of Victoria Land
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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