Curran Bluff
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 13 ′ S , 65 ° 1 ′ W | |
The Curran Bluff is a 3-km rocky cliff at the Bowman Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies south of the Reichle Mesa and forms part of the south coast of the Joerg Peninsula . The cliff rises up to 910 m at the western end and is the most striking landmark on the north coast of Solberg Inlet .
Aerial photographs taken by the US polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth on November 21, 1935 were used by the US cartographer WLG Joerg for mapping between 1936 and 1937. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Martin P. Curran, a member of the exploration team on the USCGC Burton Island to survey Pine Island Bay between 1974 and 1975 and project manager for the use of the RV Hero research vessel in the service of the Palmer station in the year 1976.
Web links
- Curran Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Curran Bluff on geographic.org (English)