Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Witt Bluff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Witt Bluff (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bluff (2f)
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:
A rock bluff on the SW side of Eros Glacier in eastern Alexander Island. The bluff is situated at the E end of a spur projecting from Planet Heights. Mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey. Named by UK-APC from association with Eros Glacier after Carl G. Witt (1866-1946), the German astronomer who discovered Eros in 1898.
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