This page presents the geographical name data for
Dibble 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):
Dibble Bluff
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cliff
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
17589
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
78° 07' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
167° 13' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-78.1166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
167.2166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1999
Description
(see definition):
A conspicuous rock bluff, 1 mi S of Marshall Cirque on the W side of White Island, Ross Archipelago. The bluff rises abruptly from Murdo Ice Shelf to over 400 meters. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after Ray R. Dibble, Department of Geology, Victoria University of Wellington, who investigated volcanic eruptions and the seismicity of nearby Mount Erebus in five seasons, 1980-81 through 1984-85.
Date Created
(see definition):
12/28/1999
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Dibble 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
Dibble Bluff information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Dibble Bluff should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.