Mercury Bluff
| Mercury Bluff | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 29 ′ 24 ″ S , 60 ° 49 ′ 27 ″ W | |
| location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters 1 | Drake Street | |
The Mercury Bluff is a vertical cliff on the north coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises to the southwest of Cape Shirreff and Scarborough Castle .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the sealer Mercury under Captain Robert Wetherell from London , who operated off the South Shetland Islands between 1820 and 1821 and anchored in the neighboring Shirreff Cove .
Web links
- Mercury Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mercury Bluff on geographic.org (English)