pernic bluff () is an ice-covered bluff, 1060 m, at the south end of kelly plateau and carlstrom foothills in churchill mountains. the bluff rises 700 m above the terminus of flynn glacier at the junction with starshot glacier. named by advisory committee on antarctic names (us-acan) after robert j. pernic, electrical engineer, university of chicago herkes observatory, williams bay, wi; team leader for polar operations in support of cara-wide projects at the united states antarctic program (usap) center for astrophysical research in antarctica at the south pole station, 1991–2002.