Taylor Bluff
| Taylor Bluff | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 0 ′ S , 57 ° 40 ′ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Gin Cove | |
| height | 310 m | |
The Taylor Bluff is a 310 m high, cliff-like headland the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It is located around 2 km west of Blancmange Hill on the east bank of Croft Bay and immediately north of a previously unnamed glacier that flows into a small side bay of Croft Bay between the cliff and Clearwater Mesa .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the headland in 2006 after Alistair James Taylor (* 1961) who wintered at Rothera Station as field research assistant for the British Antarctic Survey in 1991, 1992 and 2001 .
Web links
- Taylor Bluff in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)