Overthrust Bluff

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

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

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Place ID: 16985
Name ID: 116593

Feature type: Bluff (2f)

Origin

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

Narrative

An about 800 m high bluff in Mt Inverleith, above Leopard Cove, Paradise Harbour. Name derived from a well visible thrust surface separating the Trinity Peninsula Group metasediments (?Upper Permian-Triassic) from the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group lavas (Lower Cretaceous).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 57' 00.0" S
-64.95000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 53' 00.0" W
-62.88333°
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Altitude:
800 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Sep-1999

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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