Page bluff
| Page bluff | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Crescent Scarp | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 37 ′ S , 66 ° 14 ′ W | |
The Page Bluff is a 1250 m high cliff in the north of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises up at the eastern end of Crescent Scarp .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1940 during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1958 surveys before. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cliff in 1977 after geodesist John H. Page of the United States Army Topographic Command , scientific director of the Palmer Station in the Antarctic winter of 1969.
Web links
- Page bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Page Bluff on geographic.org (English)