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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Sperm Bluff (NZL) | 77° 04' 46.6" S | 161° 37' 08.4" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 114430
Place ID: 13802
A dark bluff rising to 1085m in the west standing at the north side of Cotton Glacier and 4km southwest of Mount Suess in Victoria Land. The bluff, which protrudes about 450m above the ice, is essentially flat in the central portion, but tapers eastward ending in a low rounded spur. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD08 |
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| Sperm Bluff (USA) | 77° 05' 00.0" S | 161° 36' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 131987
Place ID: 13802
A prominent dark bluff, 3 mi long and over 1,000 m high, forming the NE extremity of Clare Range, in Victoria Land. Charted and named by the BrAE, 1910-13. When viewed from the E, the N face of the bluff suggests the blunt head of a sperm whale. |
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