Salisbury Bluff
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 41 ′ 11 " S , 60 ° 25 ′ 36" W | |
| Waters 1 | South Bay | |
The Salisbury Bluff are 120 m high cliffs on the south coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Hurd Peninsula, they tower 3 km southwest of Johnson's Dock on the east bank of South Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the formation in 1991 after the British sealer Salisbury from Liverpool , who operated under Captain Thomas Hodges between 1820 and 1821 in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Salisbury Bluff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Salisbury Bluff on geographic.org (English)