Bluff Island

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

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

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Place ID: 1487
Name ID: 1086

Feature type: Island

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

An island 0.5 km across, 1 km north-west of Anchorage Island and 3.3 km north-west of Davis in the Vestfold Hills. Named by Phillip Law in 1957.

Named For

The southern end of the island is marked by a very steep cliff face, hence the name.

Location

Latitude:
68° 33' 13.7" S
-68.55381°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
77° 54' 29.5" E
77.90819°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
51.5 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA21850
Caption
Bluff Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 3300 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1958

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