Name details

The Bulwark

Bulwark, The (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

The Bulwark  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112897

Feature type: Buttress (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 steep-walled granite bastion in places mantled by basalt cones around which the Koettlitz Glacier follows on its descent to Walcott Bay. At its southern end it is joined by a narrow ridge to The Pyramid, but when the Koettlitz Glacier occupied Pyramid Trough it was completely surrounded by ice. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MH10

Named For

Its northern tip was a jump-off point for a traverse to Heald Island made by University Personnel in January 1961. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1960-61, because of its shape.

Location

Latitude:
78° 17' 00.0" S
-78.28333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 33' 00.0" E
163.55000°
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Altitude:
541 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MH10 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-May-1961

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