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Bardin Bluffs

Feature type: Bluff

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Imposing bluffs on the northern side of Pagodroma Gorge located approximately 2 kilometres south west of the entrance of Pagodroma Gorge into Beaver Lake. Professor Bardin carried out pioneering studies of the glacial geology of the region and was an academician of note in the then USSR. Bardin: 1. Spent several seasons with SAE (Soviet Antarctic Expeditions) in the Prince Charles Mountains (PCMs). 2. Published numerous pioneering research papers on the ancient (> 2 Ma) glacial deposits and the landscape evolution of the PCMs throughout the 1970s and 1980s. 3. A major publication in 1982 drew attention to important exposures of ancient glacial strata in the impressive bluffs (ie Bardin Bluffs) near the mouth of Pagodroma Gorge in the Amery Oasis (northern PCMs). 4. These strata, now named the Bardin Bluffs formation by Hambrey and McKelvey 2000, have been referred to and discussed in ca. 12 publications in international Earth Science journals since 2001.

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