Stenhouse Bluff
Stenhouse Bluff (62°4′S 58°24′W / 62.067°S 58.400°WCoordinates: 62°4′S 58°24′W / 62.067°S 58.400°W) is a southern face of a rocky knoll at the head of Visca Anchorage, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot. Named for Commander J.R. Stenhouse, Royal Navy Reserve, captain of the Discovery in these waters in 1927.
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