Lettau Bluff
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| location | Beaufort Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 57 ′ S , 167 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Lettau Bluff is a 200 m high cliff of rock and ice in the center of the western edge of the Beaufort Island in the Antarctic Ross Archipelago .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cliff in 1999 after the American meteorologist Heinz H. Lettau (1909-2005) from the University of Wisconsin , who was involved in the preparations for the meteorological program on the plateau station between 1966 and 1968 was.
Web links
- Lettau Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lettau Bluff on geographic.org (English)