Glacier Bluff
Encyclopedia
Glacier Bluff is an ice cliff 30 m high, forming the north side of the entrance to Yankee Harbor
, Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands
. Charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.
Yankee Harbor
Yankee Harbor is a small harbor entered between Glacier Bluff and Spit Point, indenting the southwest side of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Yankee Harbor was known to both American sealers and the British as early as 1820, and this name is now established in international usage...
, Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
. Charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.