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Dibble Bluff: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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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.


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