Falla bluff
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 34 ′ S , 61 ° 29 ′ E | |
The Falla Bluff is a rock cliff at the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Lands . It is at the head of Utstikkar Bay .
It was discovered in February 1931 by participants in the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . He named it after Robert Alexander Falla (1901–1979), the New Zealand ornithologist on the research trip .
Web links
- Falla Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Falla Bluff on geographic.org (English)