Forsythe Bluff (71°16′S 159°50′E / 71.267°S 159.833°E) is a bluff rising to more than 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) along the west edge of the Daniels Range, in the Usarp Mountains of Antarctica. The bluff is 11 nautical miles (20 km) north of Big Brother Bluff. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Warren L. Forsythe, a United States Antarctic Research Program geologist at McMurdo Station, 1967–68.[1]
See also
- Misch Crag, 1 nautical mile (2 km) northeast of Forsythe Bluff
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