Hornblende Bluffs
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Hornblende Bluffs are prominent bluffs that rise to 1,050 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Ellery
and near the head of Suvorov Glacier
, in Wilson Hills
. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1963–64, who found the rock here contains the mineral hornblende.
Mount Ellery
Mount Ellery , is a mountain 11 kilometres south of Goongerah, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.-External links:* * Samuel Calvert...
and near the head of Suvorov Glacier
Suvorov Glacier
Suvorov Glacier is a glacier, 5 nautical miles wide, flowing east from the Wilson Hills and discharging into the sea south of Northrup Head and Belousov Point. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and named after V.S. Suvorov, Soviet mechanic who perished in the Arctic....
, in Wilson Hills
Wilson Hills
Wilson Hills is a group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend NW-SE for about between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier in Antarctica. They were discovered by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, on the Terra Nova Expedition in February 1911 during Robert Falcon Scott's last...
. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE), 1963–64, who found the rock here contains the mineral hornblende.