Henderson Bluff (Antarctica)
| Henderson Bluff | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Pensacola Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 5 ′ S , 50 ° 35 ′ W | |
The Henderson Bluff is a 1,660 m high rock cliff in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . In the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains , it extends 15 km north of Mount Lechner along the west side of the Lexington Table .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after the geophysicist John R. Henderson, who lived in the Pensacola Mountains from 1965 to 1966 was active.
Web links
- Henderson Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Henderson Bluff on geographic.org (English)