Williams Bluff
| Williams Bluff | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Usarp Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 43 ′ S , 160 ° 12 ′ E | |
The Williams Bluff is a cliff of rock and ice on the Oates Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains , it rises 11 km east of Keim Peak .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after Harry N. Williams, aerial photographer during flights of the VX-6 flight squadron over Victoria Land and other Antarctic regions between 1960 and 1963.
Web links
- Williams Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Williams Bluff on geographic.org (English)