Sheriff Cliffs

Sheriff Cliffs (83°24′S 50°37′W / 83.400°S 50.617°W / -83.400; -50.617Coordinates: 83°24′S 50°37′W / 83.400°S 50.617°W / -83.400; -50.617) is a set of cliffs rising to about 1,750 m to the west of Gabbro Crest, Saratoga Table, in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1979 after Steven D. Sheriff, geologist, Western Washington State University, Bellingham, WA, who worked in this area, 1978-79.

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