Hunt Bluff

Hunt Bluff (74°36′S 111°52′W / 74.600°S 111.867°W / -74.600; -111.867Coordinates: 74°36′S 111°52′W / 74.600°S 111.867°W / -74.600; -111.867) is a steep rock and ice bluff about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) south of Jeffery Head on the west side of Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was first photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lieutenant Robert B. Hunt, U.S. Navy Reserve, a medical officer with the Byrd Station winter party, 1966.[1]

References

  1. "Hunt Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-04.

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