Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Cornwell Corner (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cornwell Corner (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Corner
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An angular rock bluff (c.800 m) at the W end of Horney Bluff and the terminus of Merrick Glacier, where the glacial flow is forced E at an acute angle upon entering Byrd Glacier.
Named by US-ACAN after Capt. Delbert S. Cornwell, USN, captain of the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea in USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47.
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