Pernic Bluff

Pernic Bluff (

81°29′S 159°30′E / 81.483°S 159.500°E / -81.483; 159.500Coordinates: 81°29′S 159°30′E / 81.483°S 159.500°E / -81.483; 159.500) is an ice-covered bluff, 1060 m, at the south end of Kelly Plateau and Carlstrom Foothills in Churchill Mountains. The bluff rises 700 m above the terminus of Flynn Glacier at the junction with Starshot Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after , electrical engineer, University of , Williams Bay, WI; team leader for polar operations in support of CARA-wide projects at the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Center for in Antarctica at the South Pole Station, 1991–2002.

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Pernic Bluff". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)