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Rocky headland on the southwest side of Ray Promontory
Location of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Byers Peninsula featuring Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 and its two restricted zones

Rame Bluff is a rocky headland on the southwest side of Ray Promontory formed by an offshoot of Dulo Hill, and marking the northern limit of President Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by 19th century sealers.

The feature is part of the Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula, situated in one of its restricted zones.

The feature is named after the locality of Rame in Cornwall, UK.

Location

The point is located at 62°35′54.9″S 61°10′50″W / 62.598583°S 61.18056°W / -62.598583; -61.18056 which is 2.12 km southeast of Start Point, 2.9 km southwest of Voyteh Point, 4.66 km north-northwest of Laager Point and 2.77 km north-northeast of Herring Point, Rugged Island (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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References

  1. Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126 Byers Peninsula. Measure 4 (2016), ATCM XXXIX Final Report. Santiago, 2016

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