Penseroso Bluff
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Usarp Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 4 ′ S , 160 ° 6 ′ E | |
 Topographic map of the Daniels Range with the Penseroso Bluff (above) |
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The Penseroso Bluff is a striking 1944 m high cliff in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains it towers 16 km northeast of Mount Nero over the narrow, northern foothills of the Daniels Range .
The northern group of a campaign carried out by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition from 1963 to 1964 reached the cliff under a cloudy sky, making it gloomy and dreary. As a result, she named it, as an antithesis to the name of the Allegro Valley , 22 km south , after the melancholy poem Il Penseroso ("The Pensive One") by the English poet John Milton from 1645.
Web links
- Penseroso Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Penseroso Bluff on geographic.org (English)