Shockley Bluff
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Shockley Bluff () is a very steep bluff forming the south end of Deception Plateau, overlooking the point where Pilot Glacier joins the larger Aviator Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander William E. Shockley, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the Squadron VX-6 winter detachment at McMurdo Station, 1966.
This article incorporates text from Shockley Bluff, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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