Bird bluff
| Bird bluff | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Fosdick Mountains in the Ford Ranges | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 30 ′ S , 144 ° 36 ′ W | |
The Bird Bluff is a rock cliff in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . On the north side of the Fosdick Mountains in the Ford Ranges , it is 4 km east of Mount Colombo .
Mapping was carried out during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) and by the United States Geological Survey using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Commander Charles Felix Bird (* 1928), meteorologist on the officers' staff of the support units of the US Navy in Antarctica in 1968.
Web links
- Bird Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bird Bluff on geographic.org (English)