Esser Bluff () is a rock bluff rising to about on the southeast margin of
Turks Head Ridge,
Ross Island
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. The bluff is east-northeast of
Grazyna Bluff. At the suggestion of
P.R. Kyle
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, it was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
(2000) after
Richard Esser, a member of
New Mexico Tech
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field parties on
Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus () is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley), the highest active volcano in Antarctica, and the southernmost active volcano on Earth. It is the sixth-highest ultra mountain on the continent.
With a summ ...
in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, and later a technician in the New Mexico Geochronology Lab at NM Tech, where he has dated many rocks from Antarctica.
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References
Cliffs of Ross Island
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