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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Russell Bluff (USA) | 82° 21' 00.0" S | 161° 06' 00.0" E | Bluff |
Name ID: 131060
Place ID: 12517
An ice-free bluff at the E side of the mouth of Errant Glacier, at the juncture with Nimrod Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for John Russell, USARP traverse specialist at McMurdo Sound, 1959. |
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