Molnia Bluff

Molnia Bluff (77°15′54″S 160°56′47″E) is a steep bluff rising to 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) and extending west to east for 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) at the southeast end of Parker Mesa in the Clare Range of Victoria Land. The elevation drops to 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) at the foot of the bluff. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2005 after Bruce Franklin Molnia, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist who conducted seismic studies in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic marginal seas from R.V. Eltanin (1965-1966); Acting Executive Director of the Polar Research Board of the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 1985-87; Chief, International Polar Programs, U.S. Geological Survey, 1987-2002; Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 2002-05