# Curran Bluff

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**Curran Bluff** ([68°13′S 65°2′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=68_13_S_65_2_W)) is a bluff, 2 nautical miles (4 km) long, forming a part of the south coast of [Joerg Peninsula](/source/Joerg_Peninsula), [Bowman Coast](/source/Bowman_Coast), south of [Reichle Mesa](/source/Reichle_Mesa). The bluff rises to 910 metres (3,000 ft) at the west end and is the most prominent feature on the north side of [Solberg Inlet](/source/Solberg_Inlet). It was photographed from the air by [Lincoln Ellsworth](/source/Lincoln_Ellsworth), 21 November 1935, and was mapped from these photographs by [W.L.G. Joerg](/source/W.L.G._Joerg). It was named by the [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) for [Martin P. Curran](/source/Martin_P._Curran), a member of the [Pine Island Bay](/source/Pine_Island_Bay) reconnaissance survey in [USCGC *Burton Island*](/source/USCGC_Burton_Island_(WAGB-283)), 1974–75, and Project Manager, [RV *Hero*](/source/RV_Hero) – [Palmer Station](/source/Palmer_Station) Research System, 1976.[1]

## References

1. 3421. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

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