Banded bluff
| Banded bluff | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 20 ′ S , 169 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Banded Bluff (English for Banded Cliff ) is a 6.5 km long and striking cliff in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises 5 km southeast of the McKinley Nunatak and forms the east face of the Liv Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1965 after the banding through alternating layers of rock and ice on the steep face of the cliff.
Web links
- Banded Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Banded Bluff on geographic.org (English)