D'Angelo Bluff
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D'Angelo Bluff () is a prominent north-facing rock bluff, long, trending westward from
Mount McIntyre Mount McIntyre is a rocky, flat, projecting-type mountain that forms the northeastern extremity of D'Angelo Bluff in Antarctica. It rises at the west side of Scott Glacier, near the head, directly opposite Mount Howe. The mountain was discov ...
. The bluff stands at the west side of Scott Glacier, near the head, south of Mount Early, and west of
Mount Howe Mount Howe () is an elongated mountain in Antarctica, high, comprising low connecting ridges and gable-shaped nunataks. It rises at the east side of Scott Glacier, near the head, directly opposite Mount McIntyre. This mountain, including its sm ...
. It was discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party led by Quin Blackburn, in December 1934. The bluff was visited on December 5, 1962, by a geological party of the Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies, led by
George Doumani George Alexander Doumani (born April 26, 1929, deceased March 16, 2021 in Akko, British Mandate of Palestine) is a Lebanese Palestinian geologist and explorer. He joined Terra Sancta College in Jerusalem and awarded the Palestinian matric in 19 ...
, and was named by him for CWO John D'Angelo, US Army, a helicopter pilot who landed the party on this bluff.Name Details - Gazetteer - AADC
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