Feature Name (see definition): Erickson Bluffs

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4569

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 75° 02' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 136° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -75.0333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -136.5

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1974

Description (see definition): A series of conspicuous rock bluffs extending from Gilbert Bluff to Mount Sinha, forming the SW edge of McDonald Heights, near the coast of Marie Byrd Land. A portion of the bluffs were photographed from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. They were mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Albert W. Erickson, leader of a biology party that made population studies of seals, whales, and birds in the pack ice of the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas using U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Southwind and its two helicopters, 1971-72.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data