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[[File:Trabucco Cliff.png|thumb|upright=2.0]] | [[File:Trabucco Cliff.png|thumb|upright=2.0]] | ||
'''Trabucco Cliff''' (76°37′S 118°1′W) is a cliff at the tip of the broad spur which forms the northeast extremity of Mount Rees in the [[Crary Mountains]]. | '''Trabucco Cliff''' (76°37′S 118°1′W) is a cliff at the tip of the broad spur which forms the northeast extremity of [[Mount Rees]] in the [[Crary Mountains]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photography, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William J. Trabucco, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at [[McMurdo Station]], 1969, and Siple Station, 1973. | Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photography, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names (US-ACAN) for William J. Trabucco, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at [[McMurdo Station]], 1969, and Siple Station, 1973. | ||
==Count of Trabucco== | ==Count of Trabucco== | ||
On 15 January 2016, the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Count of Trabucco was granted to an American supporter of Westarctica. He subsequently renounced his title and Westarctican citizenship directly to [[Grand Duke Travis]] on 31 March 2022. | On 15 January 2016, the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Count of Trabucco was granted to an American supporter of [[Westarctica]]. He subsequently renounced his title and Westarctican citizenship directly to [[Grand Duke Travis]] on 31 March 2022. | ||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||