Lisignoli Bluff

Lisignoli Bluff (82°31′S 42°41′W / 82.517°S 42.683°W / -82.517; -42.683Coordinates: 82°31′S 42°41′W / 82.517°S 42.683°W / -82.517; -42.683) is a rock bluff, 610 metres (2,000 ft) high, forming the north end of the Schneider Hills in the Argentina Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–67, and was nNamed by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Argentine glaciologist Cesar Augusto Lisignoli, scientific leader at Ellsworth Station, winter 1961.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Lisignoli Bluff" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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