Name details

Williams Cliff

Williams Cliff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Williams Cliff  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114733

Feature type: Cliff (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 rocky bluff approximately 8km north of Turks Head, 11km northeast of Cape Evans, on the southwest slopes of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13

Named For

This rock cliff was mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13 and although identified as "Bold Cliff", this name was apparently intended for map information as it was not listed is US or NZ Gazetteers. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard T Williams, who lost his life when his tractor broke through the ice in this vicinity at McMurdo Sound in January 1956.

Location

Latitude:
77° 34' 52.0" S
-77.58111°
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Longitude:
166° 47' 00.6" E
166.78350°
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Altitude:
1108 m
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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 17_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:
16-Jul-1964

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