Melbourne Bluff is a rocky bluff, 385 m, standing 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) south of Cape Bidlingmaier

Cape Bidlingmaier

Cape Bidlingmaier is a rocky cape at the east side of the entrance to Mechanics Bay, on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The feature appears to have been known to American sealers as Morgan's Point, as shown by Captain H.C. Chester's 1860 sketch map of the island. The...

 and protruding above the ice-covered slopes at the north side of Heard Island. The feature was surveyed in 1948 by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...

) and so named by them because it trends roughly east-northeast in the general direction of Melbourne, Australia, the home headquarters of the expedition.