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Burns Bluff

Burns Bluff is a bluff on the west coast of Palmer Land, immediately to the south of Naess Glacier. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Frederick M. Burns, British Antarctic Survey geophysicist at Stonington Island, 1967–69.

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Central Burns Bluff seen from George VI Sound source ↗

Burns Bluff (70°22′S 67°56′W / 70.367°S 67.933°W / -70.367; -67.933) is a bluff on the west coast of Palmer Land, immediately to the south of Naess Glacier. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Frederick M. Burns, British Antarctic Survey geophysicist at Stonington Island, 1967–69.

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