Pryor Cliff
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Pryor Cliff () is a distinctive rock cliff which faces northward toward Cosgrove Ice Shelf, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Nickens at the north end of the Hudson Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Douglas A. Pryor, map compilation specialist who contributed significantly to construction of USGS sketch maps of Antarctica.
This article incorporates text from Pryor Cliff, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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