Redmond Bluff
| Redmond Bluff | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Anare Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 8 ′ S , 167 ° 3 ′ E | |
The Redmond Bluff is a rugged cliff of up to 1200 m in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . Oriented to the east, it is 4 km east of Mount Dalmeny in the Anare Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cliff in 1970 after the American biologist James R. Redmond, who worked from 1967 to 1968 for the United States Antarctic Research Program operated at McMurdo Station .
Web links
- Redmond Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Redmond Bluff on geographic.org (English)