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Marin Bluff

Coordinates: 69°25′00″S 68°36′00″W / 69.41667°S 68.60000°W / -69.41667; -68.60000
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Marin Bluff (69°25′00″S 68°36′00″W / 69.41667°S 68.60000°W / -69.41667; -68.60000) is a small rock bluff rising to 425 metres (1,394 ft), 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east-southeast of Cape Jeremy on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. The feature is one of several in the area named after winds. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1977 after the marin, a warm south or southeast wind of the Gulf of Lion in France.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Marin Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.