Cascade Bluff
| Cascade Bluff | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 57 ′ S , 178 ° 10 ′ W | |
The Cascade Bluff is a low and mostly icy cliff in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains , it forms the southwest face of the Mincey Glacier .
Participants of the Texas Tech University undertaken expedition to Shackleton Glacier (1962-1963) called it so because in warm weather melt water in the form of a cascade over the cliff tumbles.
Web links
- Cascade Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cascade Bluff on geographic.org (English)