Name details

Oliver Bluffs

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139295

Feature type: Bluff

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Mostly ice-free bluffs 90-100m high, north of where Rutkowski Glacier joins Beardmore Glacier at the northwest of Dominion Range.

Named For

Named for Dr Robin Langford Oliver (1921-2001), a New Zealand geologist and the first to study the bluffs in 1961. The name was first applied following an Ohio State University 1985/86 expedition under Professor Peter Noel-Webb. The feature is notable due to its fossiliferous deposits, including trees from the Pliocene (5.3 to 2.6 mya), meaning they grew near the South Pole in relatively recent geological time.

Location

Latitude:
85° 07' 12.9" S
-85.12024°
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Longitude:
166° 37' 49.3" E
166.63035°
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Altitude:
1814 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 25_32
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height atop the bluffs. Local relief 90-100m

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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