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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| Long Bluff (USA) | 72° 32' 00.0" S | 96° 46' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 136168
Place ID: 17511
A conspicuous rock bluff on the W side of Long Glacier in SE Thurston Island. Named by US-ACAN after W.A. Long, Chief Pharmacist's Mate in the Eastern Group of USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Assigned to the Jan. 11, 1947 search flight commanded by Lt. (jg) James L. Ball, Long was first to sight the wreck of PBM Mariner seaplane George One on Noville Peninsula, leading to the rescue of its survivors. |
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