Vertigo Bluff () is a prominent rock bluff (1,950 m) located 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of
Asquith Bluff on the west side of
Lennox-King Glacier
Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about long, draining Bowden Névé and flowing northeast between the Holland Range and the Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica to enter Richards Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the New Zealand ...
. Rock samples were collected at the bluff by
John Gunner and
Henry Brecher
Brecher Glacier () is a broad glacier long in the north Churchill Mountains that flows north between the Rundle Peaks and Mandarich Massif into Byrd Glacier. It was named after Henry H. Brecher of the Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Unive ...
of the
Ohio State University Geological Expedition
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, 1969–70. The name suggested by Gunner reflects the precipitous nature of the bluff face.
Cliffs of the Ross Dependency
Shackleton Coast
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