Hall Bluff
Hall Bluff is a prominent rock bluff, 750 metres high, that forms the east end of Dais and marks the valley entrances to North Fork and South Fork in Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anderson Scarp and Canopus, Lake.
Anderson Scarp
Cliff
Anderson Scarp is an upward slope and cliff 935 metres high, about 0.8 nautical miles west of Hall Bluff on the Dais, Wright Valley, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Canopus, Lake
Lake
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Canopus, Lake is situated 3½ km east of Hall Bluff.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dais and Plane Table Glacier.
Dais
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Dais is situated 3 km west of Hall Bluff.
Plane Table Glacier
Locality
Plane Table Glacier is a short, tapering glacier on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. Plane Table Glacier is situated 5 km south of Hall Bluff.
Nakai Snowfield
Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Nakai Snowfield is situated 8 km northeast of Hall Bluff.
Hall Bluff
- Type: Slope
- Description: cliff in Antarctica
- Categories: cliff and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Hall Bluff” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “霍爾海崖”
- German: “Hall Bluff”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hall Bluff”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Anderson Scarp and Dais.
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