D'Urville Wall

D'Urville Wall (75°16′S 162°13′E / 75.267°S 162.217°E / -75.267; 162.217) is a great glacier-cut wall of granite which rises to 720 m and forms the north wall of David Glacier near its terminus, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, under Shackleton. He named this feature for Admiral Jules Dumont d'Urville.

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