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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Litz Bluff (USA) | 72° 11' 00.0" S | 99° 08' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 136164
Place ID: 17509
An ice-covered bluff 2 mi W of Mount Borgeson in the Walker Mountains, Thurston Island. Rock salients mark the face of the bluff. Named by US-ACAN after Ens. M. Eugene Litz, navigator and second pilot of PBM Mariner aircraft in the Eastern Group of USN Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this bluff and coastal areas adjacent to Thurston Island, 1946-47. |
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