Name details

Dibble Bluff

Dibble Bluff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Dibble Bluff  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 124337

Feature type: Bluff (2f)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A conspicuous rock bluff, 1 mi S of Marshall Cirque on the W side of White Island, Ross Archipelago. The bluff rises abruptly from Murdo Ice Shelf to over 400 meters. Named by US-ACAN (1999) after Ray R. Dibble, Department of Geology, Victoria University of Wellington, who investigated volcanic eruptions and the seismicity of nearby Mount Erebus in five seasons, 1980-81 through 1984-85.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
78° 07' 00.0" S
-78.11667°
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Longitude:
167° 13' 00.0" E
167.21667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1999

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