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The FitzGerald Bluffs () are prominent north-facing bluffs, long, located south of the Snow Nunataks in
Ellsworth Land Ellsworth Land is a portion of the Antarctica, Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by the Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of t ...
, Antarctica.


Location

The Fitzgerald Bluffs overlook the English Coast to the north in
Ellsworth Land Ellsworth Land is a portion of the Antarctica, Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by the Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of t ...
. They are south of the Snow Nunataks and east of the Berg Ice Stream. Features to the southeast include Mount Southern, Mount Harry, Folz Nunatak, Schwartz Peak and Marshall Nunatak. The isolated Mount Peterson is to the south.


Discovery and name

The FitzGerald Bluffs were discovered by the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Background Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...
(RARE; 1947–48) under
Finn Ronne Finn Ronne (December 20, 1899 – January 12, 1980) was a Norwegian-born U.S. citizen and Antarctic explorer. Background Finn Ronne was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. His father, Martin Rønne (1861–1932), was a polar explorer ...
, who named the bluffs after Gerald FitzGerald, Chief Topographic Engineer with the
United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...
(USGS), 1947–57.


O'Neill Peak

The highest point, about of FitzGerald Bluffs. Following geological work in the area by a USGS field party in Dec. 1984, named by US-ACAN after John M. O'Neill, USGS geologist, a member of the field party.


Southeast features


Mount Southern

. A small mountain, or nunatak, located northeast of Mount Harry and southeast of FitzGerald Bluffs. Discovered and photographed by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by the United States
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 Merle E. Southern, USGS Topographic Engineer in Antarctica, 1967-68.


Mount Harry

. A mountain southeast of FitzGerald Bluffs. It is westernmost in a chain of small summits lying southeastward of the bluffs. The feature lies within a group of nunataks photographed by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935. It was mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Jack L. Harry, USGS Topographic Engineer, a member of the Marie Byrd Land Survey Party, 1967-68.


Foltz Nunatak

. A nunatak rising to about high, north of Schwartz Peak. The feature is part of a nunatak group discovered and photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1961–68, and from Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by US-ACAN in 1987 after Gary F. Foltz, USGS cartographic technician, a member of USGS satellite surveying teams at the
South Pole Station South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
during two winter periods, 1978 and 1984.


Schwartz Peak

. A rock peak east-southeast of FitzGerald Bluffs in Ellsworth Land. The peak is one in a chain of small summits lying southeastward of the bluffs and is the dominant feature near the center of the group. It was discovered and photographed on November 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Bruce L. Schwartz, USGS Topographic Engineer in Antarctica, 1967-68.


Marshall Nunatak

. A somewhat isolated rock nunatak, east-southeast of FitzGerald Bluffs in Ellsworth Land. It lies east of Schwartz Peak and is the easternmost member in the chain of small summits located southeast of the bluffs. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for William F; Marshall, USGS Topographic Engineer in Antarctica, 1967-68.


Mount Peterson

. A small mountain rising above the ice surface northwest of Mount Rex, Ellsworth Land. The feature lies within a group of nunataks first sighted and photographed on November 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth. The area was explored by the RARE (1947–48) under Finn Ronne, who named the mountain for Harries-Clichy Peterson, physicist with the expedition.


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