Barnes Bluff

Barnes Bluff is a projecting portion of the Jones Bluffs, 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) north-northeast of Eckman Bluff on the east side of Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken in 1966, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1977 after Lieutenant Commander John O. Barnes, U.S. Navy, Air Operations Officer, Operation Deep Freeze, 1975–76 and 1976–77, and officer in charge of the NSFA winter detachment at McMurdo Station, 1977.[1]

Barnes Bluff
Highest point
Coordinates74°46′S 110°19′W
Geography
LocationBear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica

References
  1. "Barnes Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-19.

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