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Feature Name (see definition): Vance Bluff Feature Class (see definition): Cliff Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 15863 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 81° 49' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 156° 55' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -81.8166667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 156.9166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): A small ice-covered eminence near the polar plateau, 10 mi N of Laird Plateau. Its flat summit merges with the ice sheet to the north and west, but there is a steep cliff along the south side. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the USS Vance, ocean station ship in support of aircraft flights between New Zealand and McMurdo Sound during U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz) 1962. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Vance Bluff in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vance Bluff information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vance Bluff should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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