Simpson Bluff
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Simpson Bluff () is a broad ice-covered bluff at the east end of Thurston Island. The bluff stands between Levko Glacier and Savage Glacier where they enter Seraph Bay. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Photographer's Mate R.M. Simpson, aircrewman in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47.
This article incorporates text from Simpson 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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