Malva bluff
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 55 ′ S , 62 ° 18 ′ W | |
The Malva Bluff is a steep and south-facing rock cliffs at the Black Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises at the base of the Condor Peninsula above the northwestern extension of the Hilton Inlet .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after Antonio I. Malva-Gomes, topography engineer for the United States Geological Survey who mapped the area along the Lassiter Coast from 1970 to 1971 and a member of the Pine Island Bay exploration team with the USCGC Burton Island from 1974 to 1975.
Web links
- Malva Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Malva Bluff on geographic.org (English)