Name details

Mahalak Bluffs

Mahalak Bluffs (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mahalak Bluffs  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 128346

Feature type: Bluff (2f)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

A discontinuous line of bluffs, 2 mi long, on the N side of Solberg Inlet, Bowman Coast. The bluffs rise to c. 500 m, E of Robillard Glacier, forming part of the SW coast of Joerg Peninsula. The feature was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth, Nov. 21, 1935, and was mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. Named by US-ACAN in 1977 for Lt. Lawrence W. Mahalak, Jr., (MC) USN, Medical Officer, Palmer Station, Operation Deep Freeze, 1971.

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Location

Latitude:
68° 17' 00.0" S
-68.28333°
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Longitude:
65° 23' 00.0" W
-65.38333°
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Altitude:
500 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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