Scar bluffs
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| location | George V Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 48 ′ S , 153 ° 32 ′ E | |
The Scar Bluffs are three black, rectangular and steep-walled cliffs in the East Antarctic George V country . They rise up 43 km south of Cape Hudson on the Mawson Peninsula .
Aerial photographs were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947), in 1958 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition and in 1959 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the acronym for the S cientific C ommittee on A ntarctic R esearch (short: SCAR).
Web links
- Scar Bluffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scar Bluffs on geographic.org (English)