Name details

Hughes Bluff

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139795

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A conspicuous rock and ice bluff c.310m along the south side of David Glacier, 10km west of Cape Reynolds, in Victoria Land.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy tricamera aerial photography, 1957-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Garrett A. Hughes, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) researcher (cosmic radiation) at McMurdo Station in 1966.

Location

Latitude:
75° 24' 00.0" S
-75.40000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 12' 00.0" E
162.20000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
208 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
10200100102E8A00
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:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Nov-1967

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