Houlder Bluff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Houlder Bluff (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bluff
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to 300m S of Point Wild, Elephant Island, was roughly mapped by BITAE in April-August 1916 as a distinct mountain, as indeed it appears from the N; named Mount Frank Houlder after Frank Houlder, of the Houlder Steamship Line, who assisted BITAE (Shackleton, 1919, photograph facing p.147; Wordie, 1921b, p.22 and map p.24). Frank Houlder Berg (Shackleton, [1921], p.209). Mont Frank Houlder (Shackleton, 1930, p.182). Mount Holder [sic] (Hayes, 1932, p.209). Monte Holder (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.195; Pierrou, 1970, p.428). Mount Houlder (USBGN, 1956, p.164). Monte Houlder (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.77; IHA, 1974, p.156). The feature was surveyed by JSEEI in December 1970 and shown to be backed by higher ground to the S. Houlder Bluff (DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972; APC, 1974, p.4; Alberts, 1977, p.43).
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