Johnson Bluff
| Johnson Bluff | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 49 ′ S , 170 ° 31 ′ E | |
The Johnson Bluff is a striking rock cliff in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 8 km east-northeast of Ranfurly Point on the eastern flank of the confluence of the Keltie Glacier in the Beardmore Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Dwight L. Johnson, a biologist with the United States Antarctic Research Program at McMurdo Station in 1963.
Web links
- Johnson Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Johnson Bluff on geographic.org