Ephraim Bluff
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 Map of Greenwich Island with Ephraim Bluff (below) |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 33 ′ S , 59 ° 43 ′ W | |
| location | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | McFarlane Strait | |
| height | 425 m | |
The Ephraim Bluff is up to 425 m high rock cliff on the southeast coast of Greenwich Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 2.7 km west of Sartorius Point and, together with the opposite Renier Point on Livingston Island, marks the southeast entrance to McFarlane Strait . It belongs to the Breznik Heights .
The formation was named Mount Ephraim after the biblical figure Ephraim by American seal hunters between 1820 and 1822 . The evaluation of aerial photographs in the 1950s showed that it is less a mountain than a cliff, so the name has been adapted accordingly.
Web links
- Ephraim Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ephraim Bluff on geographic.org (English)