Name details

Jennings Bluff

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 215

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

A dark, flat-topped outcrop in the Nicholas Mountains, Kemp Land. It has a steep face on the eastern side, backing to an ice-scarp in the west; it is about 1320 m above sea level. Discovered in January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Brattstabben (The Steep Stump). Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after N.D. Jennings, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1960.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 42' 00.6" S
-66.70017°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
55° 36' 57.7" E
55.61603°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
1300 m
Accurate to 20m

Images


©Mednis, Astrida 1996
Catalogue id
3392B1
Photographer
Mednis, Astrida

Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Survey Control ( NMS21 - Jennings Bluff)
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia - National Mapping
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Jul-1961

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