Nadeau Bluff
| Nadeau Bluff | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 4 ′ S , 175 ° 9 ′ E | |
The Nadeau Bluff is a largely icy rock cliff in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located southwest of the Giovinco Piedmont Glacier on the Dufek Coast and protrudes into the eastern flank of the Canyon Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cliff in 1966 after Francis A. Nadeau Jr. (1929–1989), a member of the support team at McMurdo Station in 1963.
Web links
- Nadeau Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nadeau Bluff on geographic.org (English)