Anthony Bluff
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 6 ′ S , 160 ° 7 ′ E | |
The Anthony Bluff is a striking, 634 m high rock cliff at the Hillary Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises along the southern flank of the Mulock Glacier at a distance of 14.5 km northwest of Cape Lankester .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1965 after Captain Alexander E. Anthony Jr. of the United States Air Force , who was responsible for science and publications on the officers' staff of the United States Antarctic Program between 1963 and 1965.
Web links
- Anthony Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Anthony Bluff on geographic.org (English)