Name details

Sperm Bluff

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114430

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.

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Narrative

A dark bluff, about 1200m high, standing at the north side of Cotton Glacier about 2 miles south-west of Mt Suess in Victoria Land. The bluff, which protrudes about 450m above the ice, is essentially flat in the central portion, but tapers eastward ending in a low rounded spur. Charted and named by the BAE, 1910-13. When viewed from the east, the northern face of the bluff suggests the blunt head of the sperm whale.

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Location

Latitude:
77° 05' 00.0" S
-77.08333°
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Longitude:
161° 36' 00.0" E
161.60000°
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Altitude:
1200 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Comments

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Approval status

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