Trabucco cliff
| Trabucco cliff | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Crary Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 37 ′ S , 118 ° 1 ′ W | |
 Topographic map of the Crary Mountains with the Trabucco Cliff |
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The Trabucco Cliff is a rocky cliff in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Crary Mountains , it rises at the tip of a large rock spur that forms the northeastern spur of Mount Rees .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1975 after the ionospheric physicist William J. Trabucco, who was part of the United States Antarctic Research Program 1969 worked on the McMurdo station and 1973 on the siple station .
Web links
- Trabucco Cliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Trabucco Cliff on geographic.org (English)