Houlder Bluff
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| location | Elephant Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 61 ° 6 ′ S , 54 ° 51 ′ W | |
 Map of Elephant Island with Point Wild, where Houlder Bluff is located |
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The Houlder Bluff is a 300 m high cliff on the north coast of Elephant Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It towers over Point Wild .
The British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton named it during his endurance expedition (1914–1917) believing it was a mountain as Mount Frank Houlder . Scientists from a campaign of the British Joint Services Expedition carried out from 1970 to 1971 clarified the real nature of the object. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee adapted Shackleton's naming accordingly in 1971. It is named after the British entrepreneur Frank Houlder (1867–1936), owner of the steamship company Houlder Line from London , which Shackleton's expedition helped.
Web links
- Houlder Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Houlder Bluff on geographic.org (English)