Clarke Bluff

Clarke Bluff (69°39′S 159°13′E) is a steep bluff, 840 metres (2,760 ft) high, at the east end of Feeney Ridge in the Wilson Hills in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Jon B. Clarke, U.S. Navy, navigator on aerial photographic missions in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968.

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