Bennett Bluff
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 10 ′ S , 134 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Bennett Bluff is a 810 m high rock cliff on the Hobbs Coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd lands . It rises 11 km south-southwest of the Perry Range between the upper sections of the Venzke Glacier and the Berry Glacier . The cliff has prominent rocky outcrops on the north flank.
It was discovered and photographed from the air on December 18, 1940 during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). The United States Geological Survey carried out detailed mapping between 1959 and 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Clarence E. Bennett, electrical engineer on the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron and a member of the crew at McMurdo Station in the Antarctic winter of 1963.
Web links
- Bennett Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bennett Bluff on geographic.org (English)