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Cohn Bluff: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Cohn 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): Cohn Bluff

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17989

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 15' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 158° 30' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.25

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 158.5

Elevation (see definition): 400

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2000

Description (see definition): A rock bluff (c.400 m) in the S part of Britannia Range. The bluff marks the S side of the terminus of Yancey Glacier at the juncture with Byrd Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Byrd Glacier and Yancey Glacier (q.v.), after Captain J.E. Cohn, USN, captain of USS Yancey, a cargo ship of U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, led by Admiral Byrd.

Date Created (see definition): 11/14/2000

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Cohn 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 Cohn Bluff information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cohn Bluff should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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