Billey Bluff
| Billey Bluff | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Ickes Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 32 ′ S , 140 ° 2 ′ W | |
The Billey Bluff is a cliff on the Ruppert coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It is located 6 km southwest of Mount Langway in the western part of the Ickes Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the cliff using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after John P. Billey (1923-2015), ionospheric physicist and scientific director of the Byrd Station in 1971.
Web links
- Billey Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Billey Bluff on geographic.org (English)