- Crack Bluff
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Crack Bluff (86°33′S 158°38′W / 86.55°S 158.633°W) is a bluff 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of Kutschin Peak on the west side of Nilsen Plateau, Queen Maud Mountains. The bluff rises to 2,810 m and has an extensive area of exposed rock. The name was proposed by Edmund Stump of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ohio State University field party which geologically mapped the bluff on December 27, 1970. It is descriptive of the peculiar subhorizontal crack containing breccia fragments exposed on the steep southwest face.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Crack Bluff" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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