Stevenson Bluff
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Stevenson Bluff is a bluff 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Mount Ellery
in Wilson Hills
. The bluff forms a portion of the divide between the Manna and Suvorov Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for William P. Stevenson, Aviation Machinist's Mate of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
, a helicopter crew-member at McMurdo Station
during 1968.
Mount Ellery
Mount Ellery , is a mountain 11 kilometres south of Goongerah, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.-External links:* * Samuel Calvert...
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...
. The bluff forms a portion of the divide between the Manna and Suvorov Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for William P. Stevenson, Aviation Machinist's Mate of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
, a helicopter crew-member at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
during 1968.