Lowry Bluff

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Lowry Bluff (74°22′S 163°19′E / 74.367°S 163.317°E / -74.367; 163.317Coordinates: 74°22′S 163°19′E / 74.367°S 163.317°E / -74.367; 163.317) is a bluff, 1,070 metres (3,500 ft) high, forming the eastern extremity of Nash Ridge of the Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for George Lowry, a biologist at McMurdo Station, 1965–66 season.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Lowry Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-07-05.

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