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Hamilton Bluff (69°44′S 73°56′E / 69.733°S 73.933°E / -69.733; 73.933) is a rock bluff on the coast of Antarctica, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Palmer Point and 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Visited by I.R. McLeod, geologist with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey party, 1969. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R. Hamilton, helicopter pilot with ANARE (Nella Dan) in 1968.

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