Name details

Oehlenschlager Bluff

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 129613

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.

Narrative

A steep rock bluff overlooking Hull Glacier from the north. It marks the SW extremity of Erickson Bluffs and McDonald Heights in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Richard J. Oehlenschlager, member of the biological party that made population studies of seals, whales, and birds in the pack ice of the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas using USCGC Southwind and its two helicopters, 1971-72.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
75° 03' 00.0" S
-75.05000°
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Longitude:
136° 42' 00.0" W
-136.70000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1974

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