Name details

Blessing Bluff

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139568

Feature type: Bluff

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Prominent rock bluff that marks the eastern end of Staeffler Ridge and overlooks Wilson Piedmont Glacier, located 12.8km west of Spike Cape, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME10

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander George R. Blessing, U.S. Navy (USN), Officer-in-Charge of the Naval Support Force winter-over detachment at McMurdo Station in 1973.

Location

Latitude:
77° 19' 15.9" S
-77.32108°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 03' 40.8" E
163.06134°
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Altitude:
769 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME10 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also checked against REMA 8m tile 17_35

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Nov-1976

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