Geographical marker in Antarctica
Location of Hurd Peninsula in the South Shetland Islands. Henry Bluff from Argentina Cove beach. Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island. Henry Bluff is a point forming the southwest side of the entrance to Argentina Cove and the north side of the entrance to Las Palmas Cove in Hurd Peninsula , Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . The point is dominated by a prominent monolithic formation rising to 163 m and named El Peñón ('The Rock') by personnel of the nearby Spanish Antarctic Base . The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Johnsons Dock .
The feature is named after the American sealing schooner Henry under Captain Benjamin Brunow who visited the South Shetlands in 1820–21.
Location
The point is located at 62°40′30.6″S 60°24′52.1″W / 62.675167°S 60.414472°W / -62.675167; -60.414472 Polish Bluff , 1.39 km north-northeast of Salisbury Bluff and 4.96 km south-southeast of Ereby Point (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1991, Bulgarian mapping in 1996, 2005 and 2009).
Maps
Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico de escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991. (Map reproduced on p. 16 of the linked work)L.L. Ivanov. Livingston Island: Central-Eastern Region . Scale 1:25000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996.
L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), Scale 1: 100000 map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, 2005.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands . Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
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