Glacier Bluff
Glacier Bluff is an ice cliff 30 metres high, forming the north side of the entrance to Yankee Harbour, Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was charted and named in 1935 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nevlya Peak and Hebrizelm Hill.
Nevlya Peak
Peak
Nevlya Peak is an ice-covered peak rising to 390 m in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 620 m west of Terter Peak, 1.64 km north-northwest of the summit of Ephraim Bluff, 1.15 km east-southeast of the summit of Oborishte Ridge and 1.35 km east of Salash Nunatak. Nevlya Peak is situated 3½ km southeast of Glacier Bluff.
Hebrizelm Hill
Peak
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hebrizelm Hill is a rocky hill rising to 70 m on the south-west coast of Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. An offshoot of the hill is forming Kaspichan Point. The hill is named after the Thracian King Hebryzelmis, 389–384 BC. Hebrizelm Hill is situated 4 km west of Glacier Bluff.
Glacier Bluff
- Type: Slope
- Categories: cliff and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Glacier Bluff” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “冰川崖”
- German: “Glacier Bluff”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glacier Bluff”
- Spanish: “Glaciar, morro”
- Spanish: “Glaciar, Punta”
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