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	==Peerage title==		==Peerage title==
	On 3 February 2021, Salvatore Leone was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] Baron of Gilbert in recognition of his support of Westarctica. His title is named for this feature.		On 3 February 2021, Salvatore Leone, the [[Honorary Consular Corps\|Honorary Consul]] to North Carolina, was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] Baron of Gilbert in recognition of his support of Westarctica. His title is named for this feature.

	[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

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[[File:Gilbert Bluff.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing the location of Gilbert Bluff in the McDonald Heights]]
'''Gilbert Bluff''' (74°58′S 136°37′W) is a rock bluff with abrupt cliff faces on the north and east sides, located on the south side of Garfield Glacier near the north margin of Erickson Bluffs in the [[McDonald Heights]] area of coastal [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
The bluff was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos collected from the years 1959–65. Gilbert Bluff was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of James R. Gilbert, who served as a member of the biological party that conducted population studies of seals, whales and birds in the [[pack ice]] of the [[Bellingshausen Sea|Bellingshausen]] and [[Amundsen Sea]]s using USCGC ''Southwind'' and its two helicopters during the 1971–72 research season.

==Peerage title==
On 3 February 2021, Salvatore Leone was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Baron of Gilbert in recognition of his support of Westarctica. His title is named for this feature.

[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

Gilbert Bluff - Revision history

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