Name details

Hall Cliff

Hall Cliff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hall Cliff  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109174

Feature type: Cliff

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to c. 450m on S side of Saturn Glacier, S Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1961-73, was named in association with the glacier after Asaph Hall (1829-1907), American astronomer who contributed towards the discovery of Saturn and who also discovered the satellites of Mars (APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 59' 00.0" S
-71.98333°
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Longitude:
68° 37' 00.0" W
-68.61667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Dec-1974

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