Fault Bluff
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Fault Bluff (79°18′S 157°40′E / 79.300°S 157.667°ECoordinates: 79°18′S 157°40′E / 79.300°S 157.667°E) is a notable rock bluff, 2,320 metres (7,600 ft) high, situated 9 nautical miles (17 km) northeast of Mount Longhurst in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. The feature was visited in the 1957–58 season by members of the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58. They applied the name which presumably refers to a geological fault at the bluff.[1]
See also
- Mount Gudmundson, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Fault Bluff
References
- ^ "Fault Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from "Fault Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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