Bareface Bluff
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Bareface Bluff is a large, sheer snow-free bluff, 940 metres (3,084 ft) high, rising above Skelton Glacier
, between Ant Hill Glacier
and Mason Glacier
in Antarctica. It was surveyed and given this descriptive name in 1957 by the New Zealand
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–58.
Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...
, between Ant Hill Glacier
Ant Hill Glacier
Ant Hill Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica, between Ant Hill and Bareface Bluff, rising in the Worcester Range and flowing northeast into Skelton Glacier. It was surveyed and named, in association with Ant Hill, in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition,...
and Mason Glacier
Mason Glacier
Mason Glacier is a glacier draining the east slopes of Worcester Range, immediately south of Bareface Bluff, and flowing east into Skelton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for David T. Mason, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1961-62 and 1962-63....
in Antarctica. It was surveyed and given this descriptive name in 1957 by the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
, 1956–58.