Gerard Bluffs
| Gerard Bluffs | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Miller Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 37 ′ S , 157 ° 15 ′ E | |
The Gerard Bluffs are striking, un-iced cliffs in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Transantarctic Mountains they mark the southern end of the Miller Range .
The New Zealand Southern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) mapped them in December 1957 and named them after the New Zealand geophysicist Vernon Bruce Gerard (* 1924), who worked at Scott Base in 1957 as part of the International Geophysical Year .
Web links
- Gerard Bluffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gerard Bluffs on geographic.org (English).