Name details

Turbulence Bluffs

Turbulence Bluffs (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Turbulence Bluffs  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 189

Feature type: Bluff

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Three high bluffs with vertical faces on the north-west, merging with the ice-sheet to the south-east, on the eastern side of the Robert Glacier, Kemp Land, about 30 km north-east of Rayner Peak. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. First visited by I.R. McLeod and J Arthurson of ANARE on 21 February, 1965.

Named For

So named because of severe turbulence encountered while attempting a helicopter landing.

Location

Latitude:
67° 07' 44.0" S
-67.12890°
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Longitude:
56° 31' 08.0" E
56.51890°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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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:
29-Jul-1965

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