Hatcher bluffs
| Hatcher bluffs | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 20 ′ S , 125 ° 36 ′ W | |
The Hatcher Bluffs are a series of north-west facing cliffs in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . On the eastern flank of the upper section of the Reedy Glacier, they rise 8 km south of Metavolcanic Mountain .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using the United States Navy's own measurements and aerial photographs from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cliff in 1967 after Julius Omar Hatcher (* 1929), a construction mechanic at Byrd Station in Year 1962.
Web links
- Hatcher Bluffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hatcher Bluffs on geographic.org