Lachal Bluffs
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Lachal Bluffs is a group of rocky headlands located just south of Ufs Island
Ufs Island
Ufs Island is a rocky island 2 miles wide, lying in the east part of Howard Bay, Antarctica, just north of the Lachal Bluffs, and about 2.5 miles west of Allison Bay...

 and east of Howard Bay, and about 4 km west of Allison Bay
Allison Bay
Allison Bay , also known as Isvika, is a small bay immediately west of the Utstikkar Glacier, and about east of the Lachal Bluffs and Ufs Island, on the Mawson Coast of Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica...

, on Mawson Coast
Mawson Coast
Mawson Coast is that portion of the coast of Mac. Robertson Land lying between William Scoresby Bay, at 59° 34'E, and Murray Monolith, in 66° 54' E. The coast was sighted during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition , 1929–30, under Sir Douglas Mawson. Further exploration...

 of Mac. Robertson Land
Mac. Robertson Land
Mac. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley. Mac. Robertson Land is located at . In the east, Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mountains. Mac...

. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R. Lachal, the assistant cook at Mawson Station
Mawson Station
Mawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...

, who acted as geological field assistant, 1965.
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