Yeates Bluff

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Yeates Bluff (83°23′S, 169°10′E) is a steep, mainly ice-covered bluff surmounted by a 1,190 m peak at its north end, standing between Lennox-King and Beaver Glaciers, 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Nickerson in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959-60) for Peter A. Yeates, for two seasons radio operator at Scott Base.

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