Lettau Bluff
Lettau Bluff is a rock and ice bluff that forms the central part of the western edge of Beaufort Island, and rises 200 metres above the Ross Sea off Antarctica.Places of Interest
Highlights include Paton Peak and Cadwalader Beach.
Paton Peak
Peak
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paton Peak is the highest point, at 740 m, on Beaufort Island, in the Ross Archipelago. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for James Paton, a seaman who made at least six voyages to the Ross Sea area.
Cadwalader Beach
Beach
Cadwalader Beach is a beach nearly 1 mile long at the south end of Beaufort Island, in the Ross Archipelago in McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. The beach is occupied by a large Adélie penguin rookery and there is easy access from the sea when the coast is ice free. Cadwalader Beach is situated 3 km southwest of Lettau Bluff.
Lettau Bluff
- Type: Slope
- Description: cliff in Antarctica
- Categories: cliff and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Lettau Bluff” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “萊陶海崖”
- German: “Lettau Bluff”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lettau Bluff”
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Highlights include Beaufort Island and Cape Bird.
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