McCain Bluff

McCain Bluff (70°19′S 160°5′E / 70.317°S 160.083°E / -70.317; 160.083Coordinates: 70°19′S 160°5′E / 70.317°S 160.083°E / -70.317; 160.083) is a bold rock bluff at the north side of the mouth of Svendsen Glacier, in the Usarp Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for John C. McCain, a United States Antarctic Research Program biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967–68.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "McCain Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-02.

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