Name details

Ram Bow Bluff

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110784

Feature type: Bluff

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 1390m at E end of Stephenson Bastion, W Shackleton Range, was surveyed by TAE in October 1957 and so named descriptively (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958f, p.162; APC, 1959a, p.10; DOS sheet W80 24/26, 1963). Hartom 'Ayil [=the stag's nose] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958a, p.162). Rambukkskrenten [translation of English name] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958b, p.158). Rammbug-Wand [translation of English name] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958d, p.164). Escarpa de Ariete [=ram scarp] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959b, p.184). Morne de l'Arc de Piston [=piston arc hill] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959g, p.179). Urwisko Ram Bow (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959f, p.243). Rammklippen (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959a, p.162). Ramu Bau Buraffu [=strike edge cut wall] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959c, Vol. 2, p.33). Beraní Hlava [=ram bow] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1960b, p.162). Kosszarv-Szirt [=ram bow] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1962, p.186).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
80° 47' 00.0" S
-80.78333°
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Longitude:
26° 43' 00.0" W
-26.71667°
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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

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Jul-1959

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