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Plankington Bluff
Plankington Bluff
is a large rock
bluff
along the
southwest
edge
of
Mackin Table
, 5
nautical miles
southeast of
Shurley Ridge
, in the
Patuxent Range
,
Pensacola Mountains
. Mapped by
United States Geological Survey
from
surveys
and U.S.
Navy
air
photos
, 1956–66. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for John C. Plankington,
Jr
.,
meteorologist
at
South Pole Station
, winter 1967.