McLaughlin Cliffs [SEP] continent
McLaughlin Cliffs
The McLaughlin Cliffs () are abrupt rock cliffs that overlook George VI Sound between Armstrong Glacier and Conchie Glacier, in western Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Donald J. McLaughlin, Civil Engineer Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, officer-in-charge of Palmer Station in 1970. The steep cliffs provide nesting sites for a colony of snow petrels ("Pagodroma nivea").
at Blackhead, Cape Turnagain as well as the inland McLaughlin cliffs and hills in the Pohangina Valley had severe rockfall occur. There was also a reported rockfall from the Hatepe pumice cliffs in Lake Taupo, 215 km away, where estimated shaking from the event was only MM3.
Numerous landslides were reported in and around Herbertville, and on the summit of Puketoi Range near Masterton. Tauweru, also near Masterton, reported rocks and boulders of up to 1 metre in diameter tumble down hill with some small landslides occurring. In