Feature Name (see definition): Doolittle Bluff

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17371

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 37' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 162° 38' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.6166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 162.6333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1997

Description (see definition): The large rock bluff at the head of Suess Glacier, on the N side of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. From the Suess Glacier neve, the bluff rises 500 m to a summit area of 1,835 m. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after John H. (Jack) Doolittle, American physicist, Station Science Leader at Siple Station, winter party 1977; Research Scientist, Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Space Physics Laboratory, from 1983; Staff Physicist from 1993; continuous participation as a South Pole co-investigator in auroral studies since 1983; 20 working visits to Antarctica (McMurdo, Siple and South Pole Stations) from the 1975-76 season.

Date Created (see definition): 09/23/1998

Date Edited (see definition): No data