Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Morrison Bluff (USA) | 75° 05' 00.0" S | 114° 20' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 129120
Place ID: 9865
A high rock and ice bluff on the W side of Kohler Glacier, standing 5 mi E of Manfull Ridge in the W massif of the Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN after Charles E. Morrison Jr., USGS topographic engineer, who conducted surveys on several USGS Antarctic expeditions, including establishment of the Byrd ice-strain network, 1964-65, and surveys in Marie Byrd Land, 1966-67; in Ellsworth Land, 1968-69; in McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1971-72. |
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