Feature Name (see definition): Miers Bluff

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9950

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 43' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 060° 27' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.7166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.45

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Bluff marking the S end of Hurd Peninsula which separates False and South Bays on the S coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Elephant Point (q.v.), given by Robert Fildes in 1820-22 to another feature, has been for a number of years applied in error to this bluff. It is now approved as originally intended and a new name has been substituted for the feature here described. Miers Bluff is named for John Miers (1789-1879), English engineer and botanist, who was responsible for the first published chart of the South Shetland Islands, based on the work of William Smith.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data