Standifer Bluff () is a conspicuous rock bluff, a component of the
Smith Bluffs
Smith Bluffs () is a line of ice-covered bluffs with many rock exposures, marking the north side of Dustin Island and the south limit of Seraph Bay. Discovered in helicopter flights from the USS Burton Island and Glacier of the U.S. Navy Bellingsh ...
which form the northwest coast of
Dustin Island
Dustin Island is an island about long, lying southeast of Cape Annawan, Thurston Island. The feature forms the SE limit of Seraph Bay.
It was discovered by Rear Admiral Byrd and other members of the USAS in a flight from the ''Bear'' on Feb ...
, standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-southwest of the north tip of the
island. The bluff was photographed from helicopters of the USS
Burton Island and Glacier in the
U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition
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, February 1960. Named by
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 ...
(US-ACAN) for
J.N. Standifer
JN or Jn may refer to:
* Excel Airways (1994-2008, IATA airline designator)
* Livingston Compagnia Aerea (2012-2014, IATA airline designator), an Italian airline
* Jan Mayen (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code), an island in the Arctic Ocean
* Gospel ...
,
United States Geological Survey (USGS) photographic specialist in Antarctica in the 1967–68 season.
Cliffs of Ellsworth Land
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