Rusty bluff
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| location | Signy Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 43 ′ S , 45 ° 36 ′ W | |
The Rusty Bluff ( English for rusty cliff ) are up to 225 m high and striking cliffs on Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . The formation rises on the west side of Paal Harbor .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out measurements in 1947 and named the cliffs descriptively after their rust-red color.
Web links
- Rusty Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rusty Bluff on geographic.org (English)