Fossil Bluff
Fossil Bluff is a seasonal British aircraft refuelling station located on the east coast of Alexander Island in Antarctica. In operation since 1961, its facilities provide fuel, storage, and ancillary support for British exploration and operations during the summer season, October through March.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: seasonal British forward-operating station in Palmer Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Fossil Bluff (Base C) /Brit./”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Giza Peak and Khufu Peak.
Giza Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Giza Peak is a peak rising to about 600 metres on the east side of the Fossil Bluff massif, eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica. For many years this peak was known to the British Antarctic Survey workers as "Sphinx," a name already in use.
Khufu Peak
Peak
Khufu Peak is a peak rising to about 745 m located in Planet Heights, near the center of the Fossil Bluff massif, on the east side of Alexander Island, Antarctica, in which the east face of the peak faces towards George VI Sound and the George VI Ice Shelf.
Drune Hill
Peak
Drune Hill is a rounded flat topped mountain rising to about 680 metres, and located about 0.5 nautical miles north of Khufu Peak, separated from it by Khufu Corrie, and about 0.5 nautical miles northeast of Pearce Dome, situated on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica.
Fossil Bluff
- Categories: Antarctic research station and Antarctic field camp
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Fossil Bluff” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Base Fossil Bluff”
- Dutch: “Fossil Bluff”
- German: “Fossil-Bluff-Station”
- Latvian: “Fosilblafa”
- Latvian: “Fossil Bluff”
- Latvian: “Station KG”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fossil Bluff”
- Polish: “Fossil Bluff”
- Spanish: “Base Fossil Bluff”
- Spanish: “Fossil Bluff”
- Ukrainian: “Фоссиль Блуф”
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