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McIntosh Cliffs (78°32′S 166°24′E / 78.533°S 166.4°E / -78.533; 166.4) is a line of steep, uneven, volcanic bluffs or cliffs, 16 nautical miles (30 km) long, forming the southwest side of the Minna Bluff peninsula, at the south end of Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The height of the cliffs increases from west to east, ranging from 400–600 m above Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after William C. McIntosh, Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, a member of the 1982 NMIMT field party that carried out the first geological mapping of Minna Bluff; additional field work at Mount Erebus, 1977–78, 1984–85; Mount Discovery and Mason Spur, 1983–84; Mount Murphy, 1985; Executive Committee Range, 1989–90; Crary Mountains, 1992-93.