Russell Bluff
| Russell Bluff | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 21 ′ S , 161 ° 6 ′ E | |
The Russell Bluff is a unvereistes rock cliff in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises on the east side of the mouth of the Errant Glacier in the Nimrod Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the cliff using tellurometer surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after John Russell, who was responsible for the United States Antarctic Research Program in 1959 the McMurdo station was active.
Web links
- Russell Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Russell Bluff on geographic.org (English)