Salisbury Bluff is the point forming the south side of the entrance to Las Palmas Cove in Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounted by a 161 m height. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Johnsons Dock.
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The feature is named after the British sealing vessel Salisbury under Captain Thomas Hodges, which visited the South Shetlands in 1820–21.
Location
editThe point is located at 62°41′10.9″S 60°25′35.6″W / 62.686361°S 60.426556°W which is 1.39 km south-southwest of Henry Bluff, 3.82 km north by east of Miers Bluff and 10.19 km east-southeast of Hannah Point (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1991, Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
edit- 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 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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