Name details

Waitabit Cliffs

Waitabit Cliffs (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Waitabit Cliffs  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111803

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.500 m above George VI Sound between Uranus Glacier and Mercury Glacier, E Alexander Island, were partially photographed from the air by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935; roughly surveyed from the ground by BGLE in October 1936; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1949 and so named because investigation of the geological succession in the cliffs delayed the survey party on their journey down George VI Sound (APC, 1955, p.22; DOS 610 sheet W 71 68, 1960).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 31' 00.0" S
-71.51667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
68° 14' 00.0" W
-68.23333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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