Cox bluff
| Cox bluff | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Toney Mountain | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 49 ′ S , 115 ° 7 ′ W | |
 Topographic map of Toney Mountain with Cox Bluff |
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The Cox Bluff is a cliff of rock and ice in Marie-Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises immediately west of Spitz Ridge on the north side of Toney Mountain .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the cliff using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Tony L. Cox, geomagnetologist and seismologist at Byrd Station in Antarctica Winter of 1966.
Web links
- Cox Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cox Bluff on geographic.org (English)