Feature Name (see definition): Birthday Bluffs

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17586

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 33' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 164° 22' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.55

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 164.3666667

Elevation (see definition): 1296

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1999

Description (see definition): Rock bluffs that rise to 1,296 m between Anniversary Bluffs and Windscoop Bluff on the S side of Mason Spur, Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature comprises a series of cliffs (caused by thick lava flows) that step up the escarpment. The name was suggested by geologist Anne C. Wright, Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, who examined the bluffs on Nov. 21, 1983, the birthday of her father, Peter Wright.

Date Created (see definition): 12/28/1999

Date Edited (see definition): No data