Witt Bluff () is a rock bluff on the southwest side of
Eros Glacier
Eros Glacier () is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, long and wide at its mouth, flowing southeast from the Planet Heights into George VI Sound immediately north of Fossil Bluff. It was probably first seen on November 2 ...
in eastern
Alexander Island. The bluff is situated at the east end of a spur projecting from
Planet Heights
Planet Heights () is a series of summits running along an ice-free ridge, extending 24 nautical miles (44 km) in a north-south direction between the southernmost extremity of the LeMay Range and George VI Sound in the east part of Alexander I ...
. Mapped by Directorate of
Overseas Surveys
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from satellite imagery supplied by
U.S. National Aeronautics
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and
Space Administration
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...
in cooperation with
U.S. Geological Survey
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. Named by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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from association with nearby Eros Glacier after
Carl G. Witt (1866–1946), the German
astronomer
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who discovered
Eros in 1898.
Cliffs of Alexander Island
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