Shadow bluff
| Shadow bluff | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Admiralty Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 57 ′ S , 167 ° 38 ′ E | |
The Shadow Bluff is a cliff in the Admiralty Mountains in East Antarctica, Victoria Land , which rises west of the McGregor Range at the confluence of the Leander Glacier and the Tucker Glacier .
Its characteristic shadow cast by its name serves as a landmark for the ascent of the Tucker Glacier. It was named by participants in a campaign run by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition from 1957 to 1958 .
Web links
- Shadow Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shadow Bluff on geographic.org (English)