Helms Bluff
| Helms Bluff | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 29 ′ S , 164 ° 25 ′ E | |
The Helms Bluff is a striking and north facing cliff at the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 16 km east of Mount Morning above the Eady Piedmont Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1960 after Lieutenant Commander Louis L. Helms, officer on duty in the Navy's VX-6 flight squadron while it was wintering at McMurdo Station in 1961.
Web links
- Helms Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Helms Bluff on geographic.org (English)