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Elder Bluff
Elder Bluff
is a prominent and mostly
bare
rock
bluff
that forms a
portion
of the
north side
of
Eielson Peninsula
and overlooks
Smith Inlet
, on the
east coast
of
Palmer Land
. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for
Robert
B. Elder,
Chief
of the U.S.
Coast Guard
Oceanographic
Unit on the first
International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition
on board
USCGC
Glacier
in 1968.