Caroline Bluff
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| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 61 ° 55 ′ S , 57 ° 39 ′ W | |
The Caroline Bluff is a rock cliff on King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is one mile southeast of the North Foreland .
Scottish geologist David Ferguson mapped the cliff in 1921 and named it North Foreland Head . In order to avoid confusion with the North Foreland, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee rejected this designation in 1960 and gave the cliff a new name. It is named after the sealer Caroline under Captain Daniel Taylor with home port in Hobart , Australia , who operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1820 and 1821.
Web links
- Caroline Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Caroline Bluff on geographic.org (English)