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Blow-me-down Bluff: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Blow-me-down 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): Blow-me-down Bluff

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1547

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 03' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 40' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.05

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.6666667

Elevation (see definition): 1820

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Prominent rock bluff, 1,820 m, standing at the N flank of Northeast Glacier on the W side of Graham Land. Roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), and by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940. Resurveyed in 1946 and 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because the bluff stands in the windiest part of Northeast Glacier and many members of Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) sledge parties have fallen in this area in high winds.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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