Macdonald Bluffs
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Topographic map sheet with the Miller Range (top left) and the Macdonald Bluffs |
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location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
part of | Miller Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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Coordinates | 83 ° 15 ′ S , 157 ° 50 ′ E |
The Macdonald Bluffs are distinctive, east-facing cliffs in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Miller Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, they rise between the Argosy and Argo Glaciers in the direction of the Marsh Glacier .
Members of the New Zealand group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (ctaE) (1955-1958) mapped the cliffs and named it after the New Zealand teacher William James Peter Macdonald (born 1925), who during the International Geophysical Year on the 1957 Scott Base was active .
Web links
- Macdonald Bluffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Macdonald Bluffs on geographic.org (English)