Vela Bluff
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 9 ′ 13 ″ S , 66 ° 55 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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The Vela Bluff is a large and isolated nunatak in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the only known route over the lower section of the Ryder Glacier and rises 8 km west of the Canopus Crags and 18 km inland of the Rymill coast .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the Nunatak on July 21, 1976 after the constellation Vela .
Web links
- Vela Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vela Bluff on geographic.org (English)