Richardson Bluff
| Richardson Bluff | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Anare Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 47 ′ S , 166 ° 20 ′ E | |
The Richardson Bluff is a steep-walled rock cliff on the Pennell Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Anare Mountains , it towers across from Frecker Ridge on the eastern flank of Kirkby Glacier .
Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) made the name. It is named after Sergeant Alan Keith Richardson (* 1930) of the Royal Australian Air Force , a crew member on the Antarctic flight as part of the ANARE campaign with the ship Thala Dan to explore the Oates coast in 1962.
Web links
- Richardson Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Richardson Bluff on geographic.org