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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Hunt Bluff (USA) | 74° 36' 00.0" S | 111° 52' 00.0" W | Bluff |
Name ID: 126844
Place ID: 6771
A steep rock and ice bluff about 3 mi long, standing 2 mi S of Jeffrey Head on the W side of Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN after Lt. Robert B. Hunt, USNR, medical officer with the Byrd Station winter party, 1966. |
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