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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United States Gazetteer Id 131987

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Sperm Bluff (New Zealand)

Narrative

A prominent dark bluff, 3 mi long and over 1,000 m high, forming the NE extremity of Clare Range, in Victoria Land. Charted and named by the BrAE, 1910-13. When viewed from the E, the N face of the bluff suggests the blunt head of a sperm whale.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

77° 05' 00.0" S

-77.08333°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

161° 36' 00.0" E

161.60000°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

1000 m

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

1-Jan-1952

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