Name details

Clarke Bluff

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 208

Feature type: Bluff

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A bluff at the eastern end of Feeney Ridge in Oates Land, about 13 km south-east of Parkinson Peak. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Lieut. J B Clarke, USN, navigator in US Navy aircraft during US Operations Deepfreeze 67 and 68.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 38' 33.7" S
-69.64269°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
159° 14' 30.0" E
159.24167°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E103_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:40000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
31-Jul-1972

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