Blow-me-down bluff
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 4 ′ S , 66 ° 37 ′ W | |
The Blow-me-down Bluff (translated from English free Weh'-me-to-cliff ) is a 1820 m high and striking rock cliff at the Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises on the north flank of the Northeast Glacier .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937), led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill , carried out a first rough survey in 1936. Further measurements were made by the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) in 1940 and by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1946 and 1948. The latter named the cliff as it is in the windiest section of the Northeast Glacier the sled teams of the survey were blown over by the temporary storms there.
Web links
- Blow-me-down Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blow-me-down Bluff on geographic.org (English)