Name details

Anniversary Bluff

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112661

Feature type: Bluff (2f)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A rock bluff 2km southwest of Birthday Bluffs on the south side of Mason Spur, Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The bluff rises to c.1290 meters.

Named For

The name was suggested by geologist Anne C. Wright, Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, whose field party visited the bluff on Nov. 29, 1983, her parents' wedding anniversary.

Location

Latitude:
78° 33' 42.9" S
-78.56191°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 22' 07.0" E
164.36860°
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Altitude:
840 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
12-Nov-1999

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