Feature Name (see definition): McIntosh Cliffs

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17602

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
78° 32' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
166° 24' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.5333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 166.4

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): A line of steep, uneven, volcanic bluffs or cliffs, 16 mi long, forming the SW side of the Minna Bluff peninsula, at the S end of Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The height of the cliffs increases from W to E, ranging from 400-600 m above Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after William C. McIntosh, Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, a member of the 1982 NMIMT field party that carried out the first geological mapping of Minna Bluff; additional field work at Mount Erebus, 1977-78, 1984-85; Mount Discovery and Mason Spur, 1983-84; Mount Murphy, 1985; Executive Committee Range, 1989-90; Crary Mountains, 1992-93.

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

Date Edited (see definition): No data