Cavendish Icefalls
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Cavendish Icefalls (77°49′S 161°20′E / 77.817°S 161.333°ECoordinates: 77°49′S 161°20′E / 77.817°S 161.333°E) 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 of Cambridge, England, where Wright did much of his research work.
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