Henry Bluff
| Henry Bluff | ||
 The Henry Bluff on the Argentina Bay |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 41 ′ S , 60 ° 25 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | South Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Argentina Bay | |
The Henry Bluff is a 120 m high cliff on the south coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 2.5 km southwest of Johnson's Dock on the west side of the Hurd Peninsula and marks the south-western boundary of the Argentina Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the headland after the American schooner Henry , who operated as a sealer under Captain Benjamin J. Brunow between 1820 and 1821 off the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Henry Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Henry Bluff on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 722 (English).