Lavett Bluff

Lavett Bluff (53°11′S 73°32′E / 53.183°S 73.533°E / -53.183; 73.533Coordinates: 53°11′S 73°32′E / 53.183°S 73.533°E / -53.183; 73.533) is a rock bluff between Deacock Glacier and Fiftyone Glacier on the south side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It was surveyed in 1948 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) and named "Cape Lavett" for Lieutenant John L. Lavett, Royal Australian Navy, one of the officers on HMAS Labuan, the relief ship for the expedition. Further ANARE exploration led to revision of the name in 1964 to Lavett Bluff.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Lavett Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-05.

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Lavett Bluff" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.