Litz Bluff
| Litz Bluff | ||
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| location | Thurston Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| part of | Walker Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 11 ′ S , 99 ° 8 ′ W | |
The Litz Bluff is an icy cliff on Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . In the Walker Mountains , it rises 3 km west of Mount Borgeson with ledges on the front .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 2003 after Martin Eugene Litz (* 1926), Navigator and the second pilot aboard a Martin PBM Mariner for creating aerial photographs of Thurston Island and the adjacent mainland coast as part of the US Navy carried out Operation Highjump (1946-1947).
Web links
- Litz Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Litz Bluff on geographic.org (English)