Black Bluff
Black Bluff | ||
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location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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Coordinates | 73 ° 17 ′ S , 168 ° 55 ′ E |
The Black Bluff is a cliff made of black basalt at the southern end of Daniell Peninsula at the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises on the south side of Mount Lubbock .
Scientists in a campaign from 1957 to 1958 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after its color.
Web links
- Black Bluff in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)