Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Jennings Bluff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Jennings Bluff (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bluff
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:
A dark, flat-topped outcrop in the Nicholas Mountains, Kemp Land. It has a steep face on the eastern side, backing to an ice-scarp in the west; it is about 1320 m above sea level. Discovered in January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Brattstabben (The Steep Stump). Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after N.D. Jennings, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1960.
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