Henderson Bluff

Henderson Bluff (83°5′S 50°35′W / 83.083°S 50.583°WCoordinates: 83°5′S 50°35′W / 83.083°S 50.583°W) is a rock bluff, 1,660 metres (5,450 ft) high, along the west side of Lexington Table 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of Mount Lechner, in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for John R. Henderson, a geophysicist in the Pensacola Mountains, 1965–66.^[1]

References

1. "Henderson Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-11.

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