Discovery Bluff
| Discovery Bluff | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 1 ′ S , 162 ° 37 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | Granite Harbor | |
| Waters 2 | Avalanche Bay | |
The Discovery Bluff is a prominent headland at the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It marks the entrance to Avalanche Bay in Granite Harbor to the west .
Participants in the British Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) of the polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered the headland. Scott called it the Rendezvous Bluff . This name was changed to the current form during Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913). It is named after the research ship RSS Discovery .
Web links
- Discovery Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Discovery Bluff on geographic.org