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)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Robinson Bluff (USA) | 85° 36' 00.0" S | 159° 47' 00.0" W | Bluff |
Name ID: 130858
Place ID: 12241
A bold rock bluff overlooking the W side of lower Amundsen Glacier, just N of Whitney Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1929 by the ByrdAE geological party under Laurence Gould. Named by US-ACAN for Richard R. Robinson, station engineer with the McMurdo Station winter party, 1966. |
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