Lied Bluff

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

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

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Place ID: 8431
Name ID: 128013

Feature type: Bluff (2f)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A rocky hill 1.5 mi N of Club Lake in the north-central part of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The hill is 125 m high and its southern face is almost perpendicular. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). First visited by an ANARE sledge party led by B.H. Stinear in 1958. Named by ANCA for Nils Lied, weather observer at Davis Station in 1957.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 31' 00.0" S
-68.51667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 16' 00.0" E
78.26667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
125 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA21936
Caption
Lied Bluff, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking North.
Photographer
Seton, Richard

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-Jan-1961

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