Cambrian Bluff () is a prominent bluff jutting into the north side of
Nimrod Glacier
The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier about 135 km (85 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Chur ...
and forming the south end of the
Holyoake Range. It was named by the southern party of the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Features named by the expeditions 195 ...
(1960–61) because the bluff is faced with vast seams of pink and white marble.
References
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Cliffs of the Ross Dependency
Shackleton Coast
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