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

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 993

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 74° 46' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 19' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -74.7666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -110.3166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A projecting portion of Jones Bluffs, 1.5 mi NNE of Eckman Bluff on the E side of Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) aerial photographs taken 1966. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Lieutenant Commander John O. Barnes, USN, Air Operations Officer, Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz), 1975-76 and 1976-77; officer in charge of the NSFA winter detachment at McMurdo Station, 1977.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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