Terrie Bluff

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

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

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Place ID: 18074
Name ID: 136373

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 rock bluff rising to 1000 m 1.5 mi SSE of Ainley Peak, Kyle Hills, Ross Island. The steep rock bluff face marks the E end of a mound-shaped and mostly ice-covered elevation 0.5 mi NW of Detrick Peak. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Terrie/Theresa M. Williams Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz; USAP co-principal investigator of hunting behavior of free-ranging Weddell seals, several seasons in McMurdo Sound sea ice areas, 1984-2002

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 31' 36.0" S
-77.52667°
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Longitude:
169° 05' 15.0" E
169.08750°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2005

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