This page presents the geographical name data for
Litz 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):
Litz Bluff
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cliff
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
18568
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 11' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
099° 08' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.1833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-99.1333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/2003
Description
(see definition):
An ice-covered bluff 2 mi W of Mount Borgeson in the Walker Mountains, Thurston Island. Rock salients mark the face of the bluff. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Ensign M. Eugene Litz, navigator and second pilot of PBM Mariner aircraft in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this bluff and coastal areas adjacent to Thurston Island, 1946-47.
Date Created
(see definition):
01/23/2004
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Litz 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
Litz Bluff information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Litz Bluff should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.