Hamilton Bluff: Difference between revisions

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Short description|Rock bluff in Antarctica}}
-{{Orphan|date=December 2010}}
+'''Hamilton Bluff''' ({{coord|69|44|S|73|56|E|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a rock bluff on the coast of Antarctica, about {{convert|2|nmi|km|0}} west of [[Palmer Point]] and {{convert|10|nmi|km}} west of [[Mount Caroline Mikkelsen]]. It was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936–37. It was visited by [[I.R. McLeod]], geologist with the [[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]] (ANARE) [[Prince Charles Mountains]] survey party, 1969, and was named by the [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] for [[R. Hamilton]], a helicopter pilot with ANARE (''[[Nella Dan]]'') in 1968.<ref name=gnis/>
+==References==
-'''Hamilton Bluff''' ({{coor dm|69|44|S|73|56|E|}}) is a rock bluff on the coast of Antarctica, about 2 nautical miles (3.7&nbsp;km) west of [[Palmer Point]] and 10 nautical miles (18&nbsp;km) west of [[Mount Caroline Mikkelsen]]. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37. Visited by [[I.R. McLeod]], geologist with the ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) [[Prince Charles Mountains]] survey party, 1969. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[R. Hamilton]], helicopter pilot with ANARE ([[Nella Dan]]) in 1968.
+{{Reflist|refs=
+<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 6285| name = Hamilton Bluff | accessdate = 2012-05-18}}</ref>
+}}
-{{usgs-gazetteer}}
+{{usgs-gazetteer|id=6285}}
 [[Category:Cliffs of Antarctica]]
+[[Category:Landforms of Princess Elizabeth Land]]
+[[Category:Ingrid Christensen Coast]]
-{{EAntarctica-geo-stub}}
+{{PrincessElizabethLand-geo-stub}}