Peeler Bluff
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| location | McNamara Island ( Ellsworthland , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 35 ′ S , 93 ° 20 ′ W | |
The Peeler Bluff is striking rock cliff on half of the west coast of the McNamara Island in Abbot Ice Shelf off the Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands .
This area was explored in February 1961 by the crews of the icebreakers USS Glacier and USS Staten Island . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cliff in 1962 after Lieutenant Commander James C. Peeler of the United States Navy , who camped here between February 7 and 9, 1961 to determine the position of various geographic objects.
Web links
- Peeler Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Peeler Bluff on geographic.org (English)