Reeves bluffs
| Reeves bluffs | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Cook Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 36 ′ S , 158 ° 40 ′ E | |
The Reeves Bluffs are a series of east-facing cliffs in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . They extend about 15 km west of Cape Murray in the Cook Mountains over a length of about 13 km.
They were discovered by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott , who named the formation "Mount Reeves". The area was surveyed in greater depth by the United States Geological Survey and covered by aerial photography by the United States Navy from 1959 to 1963. In 1965, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names changed the original name to a form more appropriate to the geographic object. Namesake is Edward Ayearst Reeves (1862-1945), navigation expert and responsible for maps at the Royal Geographical Society .
Web links
- Reeves Bluffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Reeves Bluffs on geographic.org