Gregory Bluffs
| Gregory Bluffs | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 44 ′ S , 165 ° 49 ′ E | |
The Gregory Bluffs are a towering cliff on the Pennell coast of East Antarctica, Victoria . It rises on the east bank of the Nielsen Fjord .
They were named by participants in the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions after Christopher Gregory, a geologist and participant in one of the expeditions. Together with two other members of the expedition, Gregory undertook a scouting flight to the bluffs on February 12, 1962 on board a helicopter .
Web links
- Gregory Bluffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gregory Bluffs on geographic.org (English)