Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Witt Bluff (GBR) | 71° 16' 00.0" S | 68° 27' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 111981
Place ID: 16171
rising to c.500m on E side of Planet Heights, E Alexander Island, was roughly mapped by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1961-63 (Taylor, 1966, map Fig. 1, p.2) and further delineated from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973; in association with the names of planets in this area and with Eros Glacier (q.v.), named after Carl Gustav Witt (1866-1946), German astronomer who discovered Eros in 1898 (APC, 1975, p.5; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Witt Bluff (USA) | 71° 16' 00.0" S | 68° 27' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 133809
Place ID: 16171
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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