Tuff bluff
| Tuff bluff | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 78 ° 4 ′ S , 165 ° 27 ′ E | |
| rock | tuff | |
The Tuff Bluff is a striking cliff made of light, trachytic tuff at the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It looms at the northern end of the Brown Peninsula .
The descriptive naming was made by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in the course of research work on a joint expedition by the New Zealand Geological Survey and the Victoria University of Wellington as part of Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions from 1964 to 1965 .
Web links
- Tuff Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tuff Bluff on geographic.org (English)