Name details

Palais Bluff

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134180

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An ice-free coastal bluff rising to over 400m between the terminus of Sheathbill Glacier and Quaternary Icefall in northwest Ross Island. The bluff overlooks Wohlschlag Bay. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME13

Named For

At the instance of P.R. Kyle, named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Julie Palais, Program Manager for glaciology, Office of Polar Programs, NSF. As a Ph.D. student at Ohio State University, collected snow samples and short ice core on Ross Island to examine the volcanic record. She has made many trips to Antarctica.

Location

Latitude:
77° 19' 00.0" S
-77.31667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
166° 33' 00.0" E
166.55000°
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Altitude:
153 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. 2019
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:
20-Feb-2001

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