Name details

Horn Bluff

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 218

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 prominent rock promontory on the northern side of an island off the coast of George V Land. The bluff rises to about 325 m above sea level and is marked by the columnar structure of the dolerite forming the upper part of it. It is on the western side of Deakin Bay. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after W.A. Horn of Adelaide, a patron of the expedition. The bluff was shown to be on an island, separated from the continental ice coast, by ANARE air photographs taken in 1962.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 21' 15.6" S
-68.35433°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
149° 45' 48.8" E
149.76356°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
325 m
Accurate to 50m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
LIMA_E113_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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