Harrison Bluff
| Harrison Bluff | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 17 ′ S , 166 ° 23 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | McMurdo Sound | |
The Harrison Bluff is a headland in light Trachyt on the west coast of the Antarctic Ross Island . As a lake-side extension of Trachyte Hill , it marks the southern end of McDonald Beach on the west side of Mount Bird .
In the northwest corner of the cliff , EB Fitzgerald of the Cape Bird Group set up a land surveying station marked by a pile of stones as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, which was carried out from 1958 to 1959 . The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 after John Harrison (1932-1966), one of New Zealand's best mountaineers and mountaineer assistants on this expedition.
Web links
- Harrison Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Harrison Bluff on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , pp. 700-701 (English).