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Sperm Bluff: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Sperm Bluff in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Sperm Bluff

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14349

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 05' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 36' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.0833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.6

Elevation (see definition): 1000

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): A prominent dark bluff, 3 mi long and over 1,000 m high, forming the NE extremity of Clare Range, in Victoria Land. Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE), 1910-13. When viewed from the E, the N face of the bluff suggests the blunt head of a sperm whale.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Sperm 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 Sperm Bluff information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sperm Bluff should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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