Turnpike Bluff
| Turnpike Bluff | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 44 ′ S , 30 ° 7 ′ W | |
The Turnpike Bluff ( English for toll road cliff ) is a striking cliff in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It rises up to 1150 m in height about 8 km southwest of Mount Homard at the southwest end of the Shackleton Range .
It was first mapped in 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) under the direction of British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . The name was derived from the numerous crevasses of the Recovery Glacier , which at this point severely hindered the expedition vehicles on their way to the geographic South Pole.
Web links
- Turnpike Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Turnpike Bluff on geographic.org (English)