Bolinder Bluff () is a prominent bluff crowned by three buttresses of dark grey and light brown rock, overlooking Venus Bay southeast of

False Round Point False Round Point is a point west of North Foreland and south of Ridley Island, on the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The point has appeared on charts since about 1822. It was probably named for ...

on the north coast of King George Island, in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1 ...

. The feature was known to sealers using the anchorage at nearby Esther Harbor in the 1820s. It was charted and named by

Discovery Investigations The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, ...

personnel on the '' Discovery II'' in 1937 when the breakdown of the Bolinder boat engine caused 6 men to be marooned for 9 days on the beach at the foot of the bluff.

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Landforms of King George Island (South Shetland Islands) Cliffs of the South Shetland Islands {{KingGeorgeIslandAQ-geo-stub