Chevreul Cliffs
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The Chevreul Cliffs () are a set of cliffs rising to about to the east of Mount Dewar in Pioneers Escarpment,
Shackleton Range The Shackleton Range () is a mountain range in Antarctica that rises to and extends in an east–west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery Glaciers. Surveys The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), which in 1956 s ...
. They were photographed from the air by the
U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft ...
, 1967, and surveyed by the
British Antarctic 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 list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...
, 1968–1971. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, They were 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) an ...
after Michel Eugene Chevreul, a French chemist whose research on the nature of fats in 1823 led to the invention of stearine candles, used subsequently by polar explorers.


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* Cliffs of Coats Land {{CoatsLand-geo-stub