Quest Cliffs (82°36′S 155°10′E / 82.6°S 155.167°E / -82.6; 155.167Coordinates: 82°36′S 155°10′E / 82.6°S 155.167°E / -82.6; 155.167) is a line of steep east-facing cliffs immediately north of The Slot in the Geologists Range. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961–62), they were named after the Quest, the ship of the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Quest Cliffs" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
Famous quotes containing the words quest and/or cliffs:
“Pleasure is the rock which most young people split upon; they launch out with crowded sails in quest of it, but without a compass to direct their course, or reason sufficient to steer the vessel; for want of which, pain and shame, instead of pleasure, are the returns of their voyage.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)