Glacier Bluff
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 Map of Greenwich Island with Glacier Bluff (bottom center) |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 31 ′ S , 59 ° 47 ′ W | |
| location | Greenwich Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | McFarlane Strait | |
| Waters 2 | Yankee Harbor | |
The Glacier Bluff ( English for glacial cliff ) is a 30 m high ice cliff on the southeast coast of Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . As a cape , it marks the north side of the entrance to Yankee Harbor .
The cliff was mapped and descriptively named by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations in 1935.
Web links
- Glacier Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Glacier Bluff on geographic.org (English)