Forbes bluff
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 2 ′ S , 73 ° 27 ′ E | |
The Forbes Bluff is a prominent cliff on the island Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises on Hoseason Beach as the northern end of a rock formation that extends from the Big Ben volcano between the Baudissin and Nares glaciers . The front of the cliff contains sediments of limestone .
The cliff is named after Alistair "Jock" Forbes, a carpenter in a campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions to Heard Island in 1952, who died in an accident on Hoseason Beach and was buried on Heard.
Web links
- Forbes Bluff in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)