Cooper Bluffs
| Cooper Bluffs | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Anare Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 39 ′ S , 164 ° 56 ′ E | |
The Cooper Bluffs are towering and icy cliffs on the Pennell Coast of East Antarctica Victoria Land . They rise up in the Anare Mountains on the east side of the Sikow Glacier near the point where it flows into the Somow Sea .
Participants in the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions named it after Garry C. Cooper of the Royal Australian Air Force , who was involved in exploring the area on board the Thala Dan in 1962 .
Web links
- Cooper Bluffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cooper Bluffs on geographic.org