Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureBluffNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA long, narrow bold peninsula about 25 miles long and 5 miles wide, projecting south-east from Mt Discovery into the north-west portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. Like Brown Island, it is connected with Mt Discovery only by a low isthmus, but itself rises in many peaks over 900m high, with a highest point of 1071m. On its northern face it is very free from snow, but its southern side, which receives the full force of all the southerly weather and the pressure of the Ross Ice Shelf, is ice-covered except where the cliffs are too steep to hold the snow. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04, in September 1902. Originally called The Bluff, but altered before 1904 to Minna Bluff. Named after Minna, wife of Sir Clement Markham, the "father" of the expedition. Lady Markham befriended all the officiers of the Discovery.
