Gilbert Bluff
| Gilbert Bluff | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | McDonald Heights | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 58 ′ S , 136 ° 37 ′ W | |
The Gilbert Bluff is a rock cliff with steep slopes on the north and east side of the Hobbs Coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd lands . It rises south of Garfield Glacier near the northern edge of Erickson Bluffs in McDonald Heights .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1959 and 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cliff in 1974 after the American biologist James R. Gilbert (1929-2013), who was on board the USCGC Southwind was part of the team that carried out population studies of seals, whales and birds in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas in 1971 and 1972 .
Web links
- Gilbert Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gilbert Bluff on geographic.org (English)