Webster Bluff
| Webster Bluff | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Phillips Mountains in the Flood Range | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 6 ′ S , 145 ° 3 ′ W | |
 Topographic map with Webster Bluff (top right) |
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The Webster Bluff is 15 km long and icy rock cliff with a steep north wall in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Ford Ranges , it forms the northern extension of the Phillips Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after David O. Webster, an ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1964 .
Web links
- Webster Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Webster Bluff on geographic.org (English)