Lavett Bluff () is a rock bluff between Deacock Glacier and

Fiftyone Glacier Fiftyone Glacier is a large glacier flowing southwards, on the south side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Its glacier terminus, terminus is located between Lavett Bluff and Lambeth Bluff. To the northeast of Fiftyone Glacier is Wins ...

on the south side of

Heard Island The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall land ...

in the southern

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

. It was surveyed in 1948 by an

Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). History Australia has had a long involve ...

(ANARE) and named "Cape Lavett" for Lieutenant John L. Lavett,

Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy, naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (Australia), Chief of Navy (CN) Vice admiral (Australia), Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (admiral), Ma ...

, one of the officers on HMAS ''Labuan'', the relief ship for the expedition. Further ANARE exploration led to revision of the name in 1964 to Lavett Bluff.

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Map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including all major topographical features
Cliffs of Antarctica Landforms of Heard Island and McDonald Islands {{Subantarctic-geo-stub