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Muckle Bluff (61°9′S 54°52′W / 61.15°S 54.867°W) is a bluff 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Walker Point on the south coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Mapped by U.K. Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71. The descriptive name for this prominent feature was applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971; muckle being an old Scottish word meaning large.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Muckle Bluff" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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